Fine Interiors (including Books and Maps) - Two Day Sale (A879) Tue, 10th Mar 2020 Viewing: 6 March 2020, 9am - 5pm 8 March 2020, 10am - 1pm 9 March 2020, 9am - 5pm 10 March 2020, from 9am 11 March 2020, from 9am

Removal of Lots All lots should be removed by 5pm on Friday 20 March 2020. Furniture lots remaining after this date will be removed to: Perry Removals, Chapel End, Broxted, Essex CM6 2BW. Removal will be at a cost of £20 plus VAT per lot and storage will be charged at £2 plus VAT per lot, per day. Lot 33

Estimate: £6000 - £8000 + Fees Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal KCVO RAA (1863-1931), Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal KCVO RAA (1863-1931), 'Salome', bronze, base signed 'B Mackennal London' and inscribed with title, the base with two entwined snakes, 29cm high

Born in , , Mackennal came to England in 1882. He studied in London and Paris, spending five years in the latter city and coming under the influence of French Symbolism and Romanticism. He spent the rest of his life working in London, though he frequently visited Australia and sculpted the portraits of many famous Australians of the early 20th century. He became a proponent of 'The New School of British Sculpture', exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1886, and was elected ARA in 1909 and RA in 1922. He was the first Australian artist to be knighted (1921).

Apart from his heads and busts, Mackennal sculpted portrait reliefs and also the profiles of King used for coins, medals and postage stamps. His bronzes include a number of statuettes in the Symbolist manner, the most famous of which was Circe (honourable mention at the Salon of 1893) and ‘She sitteth on a Seat in the High Places of the City’.

Examples of his work are in public collections: UK - , Royal Opera House, St Pauls Cathedral, Tate Gallery, London, Windsor Castle, Australia - University of Melbourne (Victoria) and the Art Gallery of New South Wales (). Condition Report The height is 29cm, weight is approximately 1.5kg. Please note the base is coated. It is from a private collection. Some surface wear, scratches and rubbing to patina in areas. Small dents and knocks. Some dirt, dust and oxidisation to base. Please see additional images.