Rayner Hoff
(United Kingdom, Australia 1894–1937)
- Title
- Faun and nymph
- Year
- 1924
- Media category
- Sculpture
- Materials used
- bronze
- Dimensions
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26.6 x 28.6 x 14.0cm overall:
Base; 19 x 11cm; these are the dimensions for the base of the work for display purposes only
- Signature & date
- Signed and dated on base below faun's left thigh, incised "1924 G.RAYNER.HOFF.".
- Credit
- Gift of the Rayner Hoff Memorial Committee 1938
- Accession number
- 6542
- Location
- 20th & 21st c Australian art
- Bibliography (10)
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Grahame Kime (Australia) (Author), Heaven on earth: Visions of arcadia, Gymea, 2005. List of works; not paginated
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Parallel visions: works from the Australian collection, Domain, 2002, 60, 62 (colour illus.), 144, 147.
Mark Ferson (Australia) (Editor), Mary Nilsson (Australia) (Editor), Aspects of Art Deco in Australia: Sunrise over the Pacific, St Leonards, 2001, 38 (colour illus.), 41. plate no. 37
Barry Pearce (Australia) (Author), Australian art: in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Domain, 2000, 136, 146 (colour illus.), 301.
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), 'This vital flesh': the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, Domain, 1999, 19 (colour illus.), 24, 34, 101. cat.no. 201
Ewen McDonald (Australia) (Editor), The Art Gallery of New South Wales collections, Sydney, 1994, 33 (colour illus.).
Deborah Edwards (Australia) (Author), Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art, Domain, Sep 1989, 55 (illus.), 58, 65.
Christine Dixon (Author), Dinah Dysart (Australia) (Author), Counterclaims: presenting Australian art 1938-1941, Sydney, 1986, 46. cat.no. AAA29
'"This vital flesh": the 1920s sculpture of Rayner Hoff' by Deborah Edwards, pg. 62-68., Art and Australia (Vol. 24, No. 1) Spring 1986, Spring 1986, 65 (illus.), 67.
'Rayner Hoff: examples of his work; fine gallery collection' by Enid N MacDonald, pg. 13., The Sydney morning herald 17 Jun 1939, 17 Jun 1939, 13.
- Exhibition history (7)
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Australian Academy of Art 1938, Vickery's Galleries, 08 Apr 1938–29 Apr 1938.
Sculpture of Rayner Hoff: Memorial Exhibition, David Jones' Art Gallery, Sydney, 19 May 1938–04 Jun 1938.
Australian Academy of Art and the Contemporary Art Society (1986), S.H. Ervin Gallery, 15 May 1986–16 Jul 1986.
Stampede of the Lower Gods: Classical Mythology in Australian Art 1890's-1930's, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 19 Oct 1989–26 Nov 1989.
'This vital flesh': the sculpture of Rayner Hoff and his school, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 26 Nov 1999–16 Jan 2000.
Parallel Visions: Twenty-two artists from the Australian collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 22 Feb 2002–May 2003.
Heaven on Earth: Visions of Arcadia, Hazelhurst Regional Gallery and Arts Centre, 01 Oct 2005–27 Nov 2005.
