Description

Bronze from 1950 terracotta study for London Pride 3 cast in 2016 in an edition of 9.

Dobson Estate stamp.
Numbered
Black Isle Foundry stamp

Study for London Pride made for the Festival of Britain 1951.The piece was originally sited in plaster on the South Bank and then cast in bronze in 1987 with the help of the Moore Foundation and sited permanently on the South Bank.

Dobson had been working on a figure group on the theme of Leisure when he was commissioned by the Arts Council to make a large outdoors sculpture for the Festival of Britain. This was to be known as London Pride (Leisure), probably his best-known public sculpture. Study for London Pride (Leisure 3), a terracotta from 1950 which had originally lost an arm, has now had her right arm restored and has been cast in bronze. It is of course a variation on one of Dobson’s obsessions, two girls in silent colloquy.
Andrew Lambirth, Frank Dobson Bring it Alive . Goldmark 2022.

Exhibited at the King s Lynn Festival, Fermoy Gallery, Peace to Pop exhibition, 2024.