ALBERT TOFT (1862-1949) THE MOTHER, 1903

patinated bronze, signed in the cast ALBERT TOFT, ebonised wood base

42cm (16 ½in) high

Provenance:

Purchased from Danny Katz, 1975.

Literature:

Toft, A., Modelling and Sculpture: A Full Account of the Various Methods and Processes Employed in these Arts, J. R. Lippincott Company, 1915, fig. XLV (similar example illustrated);

Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 240 (illustrated).

Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903, no. 1878. Illustrated in Academy Illustrated, page 65.