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Olympian c.1946, cast after 1958

Artwork Olympian this artwork made of Bronze, created in 1941-01-01
Accession No.
1:1693
Date Created
c.1946, cast after 1958
Gallery location
On display in QAG Gallery 11
Department
Australian Art
Dimensions A
94.5 x 31.5 x 23 cm
Media Category
Sculpture
Secondary Media Category
metal
Medium
Bronze
Place Created
Sydney, NSW
Credit Line
Purchased 1979

Daphne Mayo considered the human body as ‘a superlative piece of sculpture’, and Olympian illustrates her view. There are two variations of this work: an earlier version acquired by the National Gallery of Victoria’s Felton Bequest in 1949 and this later one – differing slightly in colour and in the placement of head and limbs. The truncated form, evoking classical statuary, was favoured by the French sculptors Aristide Maillol (1861−1944) and Charles Despiau (1874−1946), whom Mayo much admired. 
 

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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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