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Presentation: Framed
Original wood-block, 3½ in. (9 cm.) square
These two wood-blocks date from the mid-1920s when Woodford was studying at the British School at Rome. They are clearly infuenced by the work of his brother-in-law Robert Austin (compare Austin’s etching 1923, CD 30). Both were recipients of the 1922 Scholarship at the British School at Rome, Woodford in Sculpture, Austin in Engraving. (For a portrait of Woodford by Austin from this period see cat. 73).
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Presentation: Framed
Signed and dated
Pencil and watercolour on washed yellow paper; sight size 11 × 9½ in. (28 × 24.1 cm.)
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist’s son
Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1957 (no. 1118)
Although clearly dated 1956, this appears to be a reworking of an almost
identical pencil study that Woodford undertook at the British School at Rome in the mid-1920s, the pose probably taken from the antique.
In its original limed oak thin wooden frame with original washed mount
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Signed; pencil, 9 × 6½ in. (22.6 × 16.7 cm.)
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist’s son
Woodford was one of the most distinguished sculptors of his generation, and his anatomical studies, relatively few of which appear to have survived, show a faultless understanding of anatomy, as would be expected of a student who was awarded the 1922 Rome Scholarship in Sculpture (see also cats. 127 and 134).
In a gilded oak square section frame with gilded oak slip, glazed
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Original Plaster maquettes
Height 10⅝ in. (27 cm.), base (irregular) 5⅞
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist’s son
Literature: James Woodford, Heraldic Sculpture and the Work of James Woodford, Ipswich 1972, p. 61
Woodford specialised in heraldic sculpture, most notable among which was his series of ten animals for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, known as ‘The Queen’s Beasts’.
The final figures for The Lion and the Unicorn for Wandsworth County Court are over 6 ft high, and are placed on brick piers either side of the main entrance. They were cast in aluminium and finished in stove enamel to protect against weathering.
Of this commission Woodford wrote:‘The composition is an upright one to be in keeping with the perpendicular lines of the stone panelling and the windows above, and forms the main feature of the elevation. The animals stand free from the building so that the side view presents a good silhouette. The modelled surface is textured to contrast with the plain surface of the building’ (James Woodford, Heraldic Sculpture and the Work of James woodford, Ipswich, 1972, p. 61).
These are similar to his Lion and the Unicorn at Minturno British Cemetery, Imperial War Graves Commission, Italy.
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Presentation: Framed
Original Plaster maquettes
Height 10⅝ in. (27 cm.), base (irregular) 5⅞
Provenance: acquired directly from the artist’s son
Literature: James Woodford, Heraldic Sculpture and the Work of James Woodford, Ipswich 1972, p. 61
Woodford specialised in heraldic sculpture, most notable among which was his series of ten animals for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, known as ‘The Queen’s Beasts’.
The final figures for The Lion and the Unicorn for Wandsworth County Court are over 6 ft high, and are placed on brick piers either side of the main entrance. They were cast in aluminium and finished in stove enamel to protect against weathering.
Of this commission Woodford wrote:‘The composition is an upright one to be in keeping with the perpendicular lines of the stone panelling and the windows above, and forms the main feature of the elevation. The animals stand free from the building so that the side view presents a good silhouette. The modelled surface is textured to contrast with the plain surface of the building’ (James Woodford, Heraldic Sculpture and the Work of James woodford, Ipswich, 1972, p. 61).
These are similar to his Lion and the Unicorn at Minturno British Cemetery, Imperial War Graves Commission, Italy.
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Presentation: Unmounted
Signed, titled and dated in pencil
Watercolour over chalk
8 x 10 1/2 in. (20 x 27 cm. sight size)
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Presentation: Mounted
Signed and dated
Sanguine and watercolour
28 x 33,5 cm
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Presentation: Unmounted
The original patinated plaster, some chips and hair line cracks
This group possibly relates to the 1946 Royal Academy exhibit of the same title (exhibit no. 1232)
Woodford was a prolific producer of figurative sculpture. Among his notable works were bronze doors at the RIBA; main doors at Norwich City Hall; stone figures and panels, Huddersfield Library and Art Gallery; statue of Robin Hood in Nottingham; sculpture for Imperial War Graves Commission British cemeteries in Italy; new design of Royal Coat of Arms, 1962; and many coats of arms for government buildings in Britain and abroad. Woodford's output is widely illustrated: in the volume RBS: Modern British Sculpture, published 1939; in Arthur T Broadbent's Sculpture Today in Great Britain 1940-1943, published 1949; and he was included in Sculpture In Britain Between The Wars, Fine Art Society, 1986.
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Presentation: Framed
Original wood-block, 1 x 1 in. (3 x 2.5 cm.)
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Presentation: Mounted
Signed Wash
12 x 9 in. (30.5 x 22.9 cm.)
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Signed Wash
9 7/8 x 10 5/8 in. (25 x 27 cm.)
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Presentation: Unmounted
Original plaster, patinated in black
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Presentation: Framed
Woodblock framed with posthumous print on verso side
Block: 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (9.5 x 9 cm.)
Print: 7 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (19.5 x 19 cm.)
Hahnemühle Natural Line Vergé paper (100g/m²)
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Presentation: Framed
Woodblock cleaned and restored
Woodblock 3 3/4 x 2 3/16 in. (9.5 x 5.5 cm.)
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Woodblock cleaned and restored
Woodblock 3 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. (8.1 x 3.7 cm.)
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Original woodblock cleaned, restored and framed
Woodblock 5 x 4 in. (12,6 x 10 cm.)
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Original woodblock cleaned, restored and framed
Woodblock: 5 x 3 in. (12,7 x 7,8 cm.)
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Presentation: Unmounted
Wood engraving on paper
Block: 3 3/4 x 3 1/2 in. (9.5 x 9 cm.)
Print: 7 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (19.5 x 19 cm.)
A limited edition has been printed on Hahnemühle Ingres (100 g/m²)
This woodblock dates from the mid-1920s when Woodford was studying at the British School at Rome.
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Presentation: Unmounted
Wood engraving on paper
Block: 1 1/8 x 1 in. (2.8 x 2.6 cm.)
Print: 5 1/8 x 5 1/8 in. (13 x 13 cm.)
A limited edition has been printed posthumously on
Hahnemühle Natural Line vergé paper (250 g/m²)
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Presentation: Mounted
Pencil.
7 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (19.7 x 18.4 cm.)
Acquired directly from the artist's son
study for later Royal Academy exhibit, 1957 (1118)
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Presentation: Mounted
Signed Watercolour.
10 x 12 3/8 in. (25.5 x 31.5 cm.)
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Patinated plaster, unique maquet
In a veneered circular frame
8 in. (20 cm.) (diam).
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