Bronze
Tate Collection
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Chantrey Bequest
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/maurice-lambert-1458" aria-label="More by Maurice Lambert" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Maurice Lambert</a>
Head a Woman
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1938
adults
arts and entertainment
body
head / face
individuals: female
musician
named individuals
people
portraits
Poulton, Diana
woman
work and occupations
<p>This bronze portrait of the English lutenist, Diana Poulton (1903-1995), was completed in 1936. Lambert’s delicate modelling of Poulton’s features combined with the lucid transitions between lines and curved mass emphasise the sensuality of his sitter’s character. He cast this piece before considering it finished which brought about a sense of experiment and vitality. These attributes are associated with modern sculpture and move this work away from realism towards a looser expression of form in portrait sculpture. Lambert cast only one bronze of this piece and retained the plaster original for himself.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2016</em></p>
sculpture bronze
13 May 2013 – 30 October 2022
2022-10-30
13 May 2013 – 30 October 2022
2022-10-30
2013-05-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-05-13
Gallery 33
Collection based display
Head of a Woman
object: 349 × 194 × 251 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1938
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<p>This bronze portrait of the English lutenist, Diana Poulton (1903-1995), was completed in 1936. Lambert’s delicate modelling of Poulton’s features combined with the lucid transitions between lines and curved mass emphasise the sensuality of his sitter’s character. He cast this piece before considering it finished which brought about a sense of experiment and vitality. These attributes are associated with modern sculpture and move this work away from realism towards a looser expression of form in portrait sculpture. Lambert cast only one bronze of this piece and retained the plaster original for himself.</p>
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<p><b>N04967</b> HEAD OF A WOMAN 1938
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Bronze, 13 3/4×7 5/8×9 7/8 (35×19·5×25).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1938.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1938 (1501).</p>
<p>A <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portrait</span></a> of Diana Poulton, the lute player. Although <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/cast" title="Glossary definition for 'Cast'"><span>cast</span></a> when in one sense ‘unfinished’ the artist considers this to be one of his most successful works (letter of 8 September 1958). This is the only cast.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-06T00:00:00
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CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults arts and entertainment body head / face individuals: female musician named individuals people portraits Poulton, Diana woman work and occupations