CONRAD DRESSLER | BUST OF JOHN RUSKIN
Auction Closed
July 10, 03:03 PM GTNN
Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
CONRAD DRESSLER
British
1856 - 1940
BUST OF JOHN RUSKIN
signed and dated: Conrad Dressler / 1886, the base inscribed: RUSKIN. and with a plaque to the base inscribed: PRESENTED BY / E.H. BLAKENEY M.A. / 1945
painted terracotta, on a wood base
bust: 42cm., 16½in.
base: 19cm., 7½in.
Winchester Library, until 1977;
private collects ion, United Kingdom
Ruskin sat for Dressler in 1883-1884. The original clay bust was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1885 and three plaster casts, each signed and dated 1885, were made. A bronze reduction is in the National Portrait Gallery (inv. no. NPG 2030).