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The inspiration for Clatworthy’s bull was the sight of an actual bull in the field next to the sculptor’s studio in Sussex. When the plaster version was shown at Holland Park in 1957, Clatworthy said ‘this work is an attempt to discover in plaster an equivalent for the sheer physical power of the bull’. The original plaster of this piece was created in 1956/1957. This bronze cast was made in 1959.

Title

The Bull

Date

1959

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 140 x W 312 x D 155 cm;
Plinth: H 72 x W 183 x D 117 cm

Accession number

SW15_VA_S027

Acquisition method

commissioned by London County Council

Work type

Statue

Owner

Wandsworth London Borough Council

Custodian

Wandsworth London Borough Council

Work status

extant

Listing status

Grade II* (England and Wales)

Listing date

16/04/98

Access

at all times

Signature/marks description

signed and dated, in incised script on the rear right-hand corner of the bronze base: R. E. Clatworthy / 1957; inscribed, with the founder’s stamp on the bronze base between the bull’s rear legs: FOUNDER / MORRIS / SINGER / LONDON

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