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John Warrington Wood (1839 - 1886) – a marble sculpture of the seated nude Eve

Sold for €18,000 at Hermann Historica GmbH on Oct 22, 2022.

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The life-sized figure of the unclothed Eve in a seated posture, her head turned to the side, the serpent at her feet. Mounted on an oval plinth with a textured base. The plinth signed "J. Warrington Wood, Roma". The fingers of the left hand broken at the base and restored. Height 104 cm. John Warrington Wood (9 September 1839 - 26 December 1886) was a trained sculptor, studying at the New Warrington School of Art from 1858. In 1865, he successfully moved his workshop to Rome, where he was accepted by the Guild of Saint Luke in 1877. From 1868 to 1874, he exhibited works at the Royal Academy in London. Provenance: Christie's, London, 25 September 1991, selling for the equivalent of 48,387 euros. Condition: II

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