Tiger
Skeaping, John
(Sculptor)
Livingstone, Wally
(Founder)
Bronze. The tiger crouches, holding the head of a reptile in its mouth; on sloping oblong base. Signed on the top of the base by the left hind leg.
History note: Artist's proof
Given by Mr Paul Mellon, KBE
Height: 17.0 cm
Length: 39.7 cm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Given
(1982)
by
Mellon, Paul
1970s
Third quarter of 20th Century
Elizabeth II
Production date:
AD 1978
John 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).
Sculpture
Depth 14.7 cm
Height 17.7 cm
Width 39 cm
Plinth
Depth 17.2 cm
Height 2.7 cm
Width 43 cm
Casting (process) : Bronze, cast and patinated
Accession number: M.47-1982
Primary reference Number: 13441
External ID: CAM_CCF_M_47_1982
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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts
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