15929993440001312637261000Standard Recordobject-13440170249414357715841991020001702494117301fitz-onlineadlib-object-13440https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/134406271702a-59e8-3b21-b81f-e5a8f8617e7d5referenceterm-98228adlib-term-982283d747999-296f-3944-9a84-2936c3ae9f5csculptureDepthcm11Heightcm9.8Widthcm21.6SculptureDepthcm13.1Heightcm2.4Widthcm24.1Plinthreferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsBronze. The larger of the two cats has pounced onto the smaller one which is lying on its back; on oblong base. Signed on the top of the base near the cats' tails.7referenceexhibition-1091adlib-exhibition-1091c94c2a78-edad-3c17-8801-6f3429bf6bf7A Retrospective Exhibition of Bronze Sculptures by John Skeaping RAM.45-19821accession numberM.45-198213440priref13440external IDCAM_CCF_M_45_1982urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13440https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/13440on the top of the base near the cats' tailsJOHN SKEAPING 77/A/Psignaturereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumGiven by Mr Paul Mellon, KBEreferenceagent-152018adlib-agent-152018681ef953-d8cb-3e77-b76b-68fe44a2789fMellon, Paul198219821982givenEntry date: 1982-11-291977CE19771977sculptorreferenceagent-126727adlib-agent-126727847a6f04-0407-3076-ab8b-a0b81d28a7fdSkeaping, Johnfounderreferenceagent-153104adlib-agent-153104a0147949-4c33-35d8-9beb-1c06ca6543ebLivingstone, WallyJohn Rattenbury Skeaping, R.A. (1901–1980) was an English sculptor and equine painter. A leading figure in the move to ‘direct carving’, using the process of carving to suggest the final form, he was closely associated with Henry Moore, Richard Bedford and Barbara Hepworth (to whom he was married from 1925-1933).referenceterm-107750adlib-term-107750b046df58-1bd0-3418-8ef1-0cfd36cfb5511970sreferenceterm-120080adlib-term-120080d30af182-08cf-3646-84b8-1649593b6f2120th Century, third quarter#referenceterm-107700adlib-term-1077008f5360fb-b262-3ae9-8942-b81cc0e3e848Elizabeth IIreferenceterm-40365adlib-term-40365d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005bronzeHeightcm9.6Lengthcm22.0referenceterm-110577adlib-term-110577b3087bcf-c996-37a7-be6a-109aec958c77animal figure grouphistory noteArtist's proofreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam Museumreference numberliteralnameSculpture UKSculpture UKanimalreferenceterm-106263adlib-term-10626326defd1a-3e3f-3c78-aeff-41fa6b29619dcatactivityreferenceterm-107004adlib-term-107004eb48c821-845d-388a-a44b-c99235954e13playingliteralcatcatliteralplayingplayingreferenceterm-110577adlib-term-110577b3087bcf-c996-37a7-be6a-109aec958c77animal figure groupanimal figure groupbronze, cast and patinatedreferenceterm-26699adlib-term-26699a385eebb-7834-3204-a17f-d9c3cd15d9b8casting (process)Cats Playingobject
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