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37IAN 1942BronzeAuckland City Art GallerySaid to be a portrait of the artist's son Jackie, this sculpture is alsoknown as Ossian.Illustrated 'Autobiography' facing page 166I regret that 1 have not done more children, and I plan some day to doonly children. I think I should be quite content with that, and not botherabout the grown-ups at all. 1 would love to fill my studio with studies ofchildren. (Autobiography, p. 177)38NUDE RECLINING 1943Bronze 30"Lent by Mr Arnold L. Haskell, C B E40\L9
39YEHUDI MENUHIN 1944BronzeLent by the National Art Gallery, WellingtonYehudi Menuhin, an American violinist of Jewish descent, was born in1916. He began his musical studies at the age of four in San Francisco.At 11 years, having already made numerous public appearances, heperformed the astonishing feat of playing the Beethoven Concerto withthe New York Symphony Orchestra. Menuhin made his Berlin andLondon debuts in 1929.Artists are of all races and climes, and to band together in racial groups isridiculous. 1 am most often annoyed rather than flattered to he told thatI am the best or foremost Jewish artist. Surely to he an artist is enough.Who thinks of whether Yehudi Menuhin is Jewish when you hear himplaying the violin. (Autobiography, p. 198)40GIRL FROM BAKU 1945BronzeLent by the Nottingham Art GalleryIllustrated 'Autobiography' facing page 186. Exhibited 'Thompson',1959, cat. no. 11.41LEDA c 1945BronzeAuckland City Art GalleryA study of the sculptor's grand-daughter.To work from a child the sculptor has to have endless patience. He mustwait and observe, and observe and wait. The small forms, so seeminglysimple, are in reality so subtle, and the hunting of the form is an occupationthat is at once tantalising and fascinating. (Autobiography, p. 176)42LORD WAVELL after 1940BronzeLent by Mr Arnold F. ThompsonExhibited 'Thompson', 1959, cat. no. 10Archibald Percival Wavell (1883-1950) was one of the most eminent ofBritain's wartime generals. In 1938 he was appointed to the SouthernCommand and at the outbreak of war he formed the new Command ofthe Middle East. After the loss of Crete in 1941, Wavell was supersededby Auchinleck, whose place he took as Commander-in-Chief in India.Late in 1941, after the entry of Japan into the war, he was nominatedSureme Commander of the ill-fated South-West Pacific Command. In1943 Wavell was raised to the peerage and became Viceroy of India.In 1947 he retired from public life and was created an Earl.20/
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