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George Frederick Morris Harding PRUA RHA ARBS (1874-1964)
POLAR BEAR, 1930
Carrara marble on Connemara marble base
signed and dated
2.5 by 6.75 by 5.25in. (6.35 by 17.15 by 13.34cm)
Provenance:
Collection of George and Maura McClelland
Exhibited:
‘Irish Sculpture Exhibition’, Jerome Connor Arts and Sculpture Weekend, Annascaul, Co. Kerry, 26-28 June
1998, catalogue no. 20
Morris Harding lived in Belfast where he shared a studio with Rosamond Praeger. He executed a large
number of works for churches throughout Ireland and exhibited at least fifty pieces at the RHA, Dublin
until 1953. Animals feature heavily within his oeuvre. A Polar Bear was shown at the RHA in 1953, no. 193.
€1,500-€2,000 (£1,360-£1,820 approx.)
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