Bust of George Bernard Shaw

Details

CLAIRE WINSTON (BRITISH, 1882-1944)
Bust of George Bernard Shaw
Signed and indistinctly dated 'Winston 19..' (on the back)
bronze, mid-brown patina
16 ¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high; 15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) wide; 9 ½ in. (24 cm.) deep

Provenance

Anonymous Sale; Sotheby's, London, 16 May 2003, lot 70, where probably acquired.

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Lot Essay

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1959) was an Irish playwright, critic, polemicist and political activist. Writing over sixty plays, he became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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