A Group of Four 20thC English School Studio Plaster Portrait Busts

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A Group of Four 20thC English School Studio Plaster Portrait BustsOrigin: BritishPeriod: Mid Late 20thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1960 80Height: 15 largest or 12. 5 smallestWidth: 7. 5 largest or 6 smallestDepth: 7 largest or 5 smallestThe mixed group of studio portrait busts, of good generous size and by the same hand, each modelled head in thick composition plaster and painted in differing metallic tones, realistic yet free and relaxed in their execution, being two males and two females, one with a metal earring

modelled in plaster

25”Painted in oils on canvas

thought to provide shelter from any draughts

preying on savannah creatures such as wildebeest

One of the pharaoh masks is damaged but would be east to restore

A sarde with a great back

the shoulders with iron oxide mask and ring handles

Examples include

wearing a shawl and red ribbon tied bonnet

the original black paint distressed commensurate with age

From 1936 to 1939 he was designing Murphy cabinets for R

again making a rough X shape and giving the piece a symmetry not always seen