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Indepth Arts News:
"Sir Alfred Gilbert: Maquettes for the Sam Wilson Chimneypiece
c.1908-14."
2000-07-07 until 2000-09-01
Henry Moore Institute
Leeds, ,
UK
Gilbert’s Maquettes for the Sam Wilson Chimneypiece c.1908-14
feature groups of caryatid figures from parts of the chimneypiece
originally housed in Rutland Lodge, Leeds and now in the Leeds
City Art Gallery. Like the previous work in Eternal Return by
Rodin, the female nude is the vehicle for moral, mortal, and sexual
sentiments.
The bodies of idealised youthful naked women
represent pure and innocent love, winged Eros figures stand for
erotic love, and death’s heads signify the passing of time and death
itself. Together, the three forms consolidate contradictory forces
related to questions of morality and mortality, as they were
intended to be seen in their original context, as parts of an
intimidating piece of domestic furniture.
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