COBBERS, 1932 - 40

Important Australian + International Fine Art
Melbourne
30 November 2011
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WALLACE ANDERSON

(1888 - 1975)
COBBERS, 1932 - 40

bronze with green patina

19.5 cm height

signed, dated and titled at base: Anderson / 1930 / COBBERS

Estimate: 
$5,000 - 7,000
Provenance

Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Private collection, New South Wales, acquired c.1935
Bequeathed to The Salvation Army, Sydney

Related works

Cobbers, 1930, plaster, bronze patina, collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Cobbers, c.1932–40, bronze, green patina, collection of the Australian War Memorial, Canberra

This is a bronze version of the original plaster sculpture of Cobbers held in the collection of the Australian Wa rMemorial, Canberra. In 1932 Anderson approached the Australian War Memorial with the notion of producing copies of the plaster version to sell to the public. Later that year, Anderson agreed to sell the original work (and copyright) to the Memorial. The Memorial engaged Melbourne founder, E.J. Gregory, to cast the sculptures in bronze, which he did from a lead model. From 1932 to 1940, approximately 91 copies of Cobbers were cast. They were not editioned and were not numbered. This version is one of the 91 copies.