FDA-Sc.247-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.247-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Joint Venture
Title Type
assigned by artist
Description
Small sculpture based off a lamb shoulder bone
Comments
This began as a Sunday joint, the bone bitten into by Collie, our sheep-dog, and then shaped with plaster for casting in bronze; the foundryman was Terry Davies, the Welsh International full-back.
The theft of the Sunday join by Merchants’ dog Collie led to this sculpture. The use of a natural form (in this case a shoulder of lamb!) for sculpture is very much in the tradition of Henry Moore.
The theft of the Sunday join by Merchants’ dog Collie led to this sculpture. The use of a natural form (in this case a shoulder of lamb!) for sculpture is very much in the tradition of Henry Moore.
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 275mm
width (actual size): 136mm
depth (actual size): 89mm
width (actual size): 136mm
depth (actual size): 89mm
Materials & techniques note
Bronze with slate base
Production
Person
Merchant, Moelwyn, 1913 - 1997 (Artist)
Date
c.1972
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of the artist; by whom presented to Eton College in 1988, with continual additions presented until 1997
Exhibited: ‘Moelwyn Merchant’, School Library, Eton College, 1990 (catalogue item j); ‘Sculptor and Poet’, College Library, Eton College, 1998 (catalogue number 9
Exhibited: ‘Moelwyn Merchant’, School Library, Eton College, 1990 (catalogue item j); ‘Sculptor and Poet’, College Library, Eton College, 1998 (catalogue number 9
