A Pair of Early/Mid 20thC Italian Carved White Carrera Marble Atlantes Jambs c.1920-40

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A Pair of Early/Mid 20thC Italian Carved White Carrera Marble Atlantes Jambs c.1920-40Origin: Italian Period: Early Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 40 Heights: 38 Widths: 11 Depths: 8. 5 The striking and crisply modelled pair of carved white Carrera marble architectural jambs, conceived in the classical tradition of the atlantes in eighteenth century fashion, each figure presented standing, the bodies drawn inward with arms folded across the chest, the heads gently bowed in a gesture that suggests quiet burden rather than

in a white shirt

The palette of the work is subdued yet striking including whites

And the people that went before and that followed

For instance

to a sea green ground and blue dogtooth border

a petition led by Sir Edward Poynter PRA

unlike bureaus and other writing furniture such as the escritoire

He upheld the tradition of classic fairground art

It cues the audience that this person is a larger-than-life

The trunk is probably twenty years younger than the figure but is a decent quality canvas and leather case

creating a quietly decorative piece without any restoration or interference

perhaps most famous his Planet of The Apes artwork