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This is a bust of the artist's only daughter, Muriel, at the age of four. Reflecting the New Sculptors' interest in multiples, Goscombe John produced this portrait of Muriel in three formats; this head study (at the Lady Lever Art Gallery), a full-length version (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896 as ‘Muriel’), and a head and shoulders version (exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1897 as ‘A Maid so Young’).

Muriel later married LV Fildes, son of the painter Luke Fildes. LV Fildes was for many years a Trustee of the Lady Lever Art Gallery but it was Muriel herself who presented to the gallery various works by her father of his family. Both the painter, Luke Fildes, and the sculptor, Goscombe John, were personal friends of Lever, so these family portraits have a very special place in the gallery.

museum Voorlinden, The Netherlands, Wassenaar
"De man die de wolken meet" in goud.
"The man who measures the clouds” van Jan Fabre
John Fabre
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Copy: "We see a man on a step trying to measure something in the air. The title The Man Who Measures the Clouds (1998) refers to legendary Birdman of Alcatraz, Robert Stroud, who stated on his release from prison that he was going to "measure the clouds" from then on, and invites us to reflect on the role of the artist in society. The work can be seen as a 'metaphor for the artist who tries to capture the impossible in his work', according to Jan."

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