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Description: | inscr. on base at the back of the head "JDF 1991 7/10" CRE FERGUSSON, John Duncan; (Scottish; 1874-1961) This is from an edition of 10 cast by the Fine Art Society, London from the original plaster. Fergusson's original cast of 1924, held by Aberdeen Art Gallery, was inspired by his partner, Margaret Morris, a well-known dancer, choreographer and teacher. Named after the so-called Saxon goddess of Spring, the brass head is symbolic of rebirth and fertility, two themes at the very heart of Fergusson's art. In his own words "The head is composed entirely of sections of a sphere - the forehead is round, the eyes are round, the cheeks round, hair represented by two pads" to show the "effect of the sun [and its] triumph ... after the gloom of winter." | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | SCULPTURE : HEAD : GODDESS : SUN : SPRING : SEASON : SYMBOLISM : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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