signed, dated ‘1988’ and numbered ‘2/3’ in multiple places
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Portrait of the Artist, 1988
Exhibition History:
Woking, The Lightbox, 2D:3D – Discover the Art of Sculpture: Sculpture & Sculptors’ Drawings from The Ingram Collection, 1 February – 1 March 2008;
London, Sotheby’s, Sculpture and Sculptors’ Drawings from The Ingram Collection, 10 – 21 January 2011;
London, RCA, A Perfect Place to Grow, 16 November 2012 – 3 January 2013;
London, Canary Wharf, Bronze Sculptures from the Ingram Collection, 16 September – 15 November 2013;
London, Royal College of General Practitioners, Health and the Body, 3 March – 29 May 2016;
Hastings, Jerwood Gallery, Century: 100 Modern British Artists, 23 October 2016 – 8 January 2017;
Woking, The Lightbox, In Their Own Words: Artists’ Voices from The Ingram Collection, 20 May – 30 July 2017;
Oxford, Brasenose College, 1 October 2019 – 30 September 2020
Portrait of the Artist was modelled on Eduardo Paolozzi’s bronze, The Artist as Hephaestus, 1987 which used to stand at High Holborn in London. Hephaestus was the Greek god of the forge. He was the only god to suffer physical deformity but was famed for his craftsmanship.
