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Sketch (of a boy) 1921, cast 1961

Artwork Sketch (of a boy) this artwork made of Bronze, created in 1921-01-01
Accession No.
1:0150
Date Created
1921, cast 1961
Gallery location
On display in QAG Gallery 11
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
76 x 32.5 x 20cm
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
metal
Medium
Bronze
Credit Line
Commissioned 1961 from a cast gifted by Queensland Wattle Day League 1923

Daphne Mayo modelled this figure soon after entering London’s Royal Academy of Arts Sculpture School in December 1920. In her words, it symbolises ‘the awakening from childhood into youth’ and was ‘only a month’s study at 1 3/4 hours a night, so it is not carried nearly as far as it could be’, hence its title — Sketch. Under the terms of her travelling scholarship awarded by the Wattle Day League, the figure was forwarded to the League which, in turn, presented it to the Gallery.  
 

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© Surf Lifesaving Foundation and The United Church in Australia Property Trust (Q.)

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Exhibitions featuring this object

Daphne Mayo’s Susannah (detail) 1946, cast 1995 photographed for ‘Let There Be Sculpture’, QAG, January 2012 / © Surf Lifesaving Foundation and The United Church in Australia Property Trust (Q.) / Photograph: R Fulton, QAGOMA

‘Daphne Mayo: Let There Be Sculpture’

Nov 2011 - Jan 2012

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