Truth
Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal R.A., 1863-1931
Signed "B Mackennal, June 12th, 1894, London."
Foundry mark seal "E. Hruet Jeune Ed"
Bronze dark brown patina
24.4 inches (62 cm.)
"Conceived in 1894 and cast in a small edition, this work is a symbolist piece, the naked body representing the unclothed truth, the serious expression of the woman's face representing the importance of the nature of truth, and the wings adding a statement of higher moral authority" (Sir Alfred Gilbert and the New Sculpture, 80).
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Photograph and text by Robert Bowman 2008