Courtesy of Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire (Accredited Museum)

Bernard Shaw

Year:

1926

Dimensions (cm):

41 x 19 x 37

Dimensions (inches):

16.14 x 7.48 x 14.57

Medium:

Sculptures

Material:

bronze

Signature:

signed: Paul Troubetzkoy 1926

Current location:

The Shaw Collection. The house and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust by George Bernard Shaw in 1950, together with Shaw's photographic archive.

Description Bibliography

Bronze statuette of George Bernard Shaw seated (1856-1950), sculpted in 1926.
The statuette was sculpted at Troubetzkoy’s studio on the Lake Maggiore in July 1926, when the Shaws were on holiday at nearby Stresa, celebrating his 70th birthday. Shaw sat to the sculptor on three occasions: in 1907 for a portrait bust, in 1926 for this seated statuette (and for a portrait bust now at Tate Britain donated by Charlotte Shaw), and in 1927 when he posed for a life-size statue.

Bernard Shaw through the camera :, 1948, p.66