Lot 37: Ivor Roberts-Jones, R.A. (1913-1996)

Dimitri Shostakovitch; portrait head
plaster
13 3/4 in. (34.9 cm.) high, excluding base
Conceived circa 1983. The present work is an original unique studio plaster.

London, Royal Academy, 1983, no. 1233.
Ipswich, Wolsey Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, December 1999 - January 2000, no, B/H L31.

P. Cannon-Brookes, Ivor Roberts-Jones, London, 1983, p. 79, no. 80, illustrated.

'Another quality, related to Ivor Roberts-Jones's interest in blindness, is captured by the sculptor in his recent head of Shostakovich where, [as Roberts-Jones commented on the work], "the huge lenses of his spectacles act as barricades against what he sees outside him and gives the head a sense of inwardness"'. (P. Cannon-Brookes, Ivor Roberts-Jones, London, 1983, p. 73). The present work is related to Roberts-Jones' interest in blind figures, which capture an innner visionary quality. The sculpture series of this subject was inspired by the inward-looking Buddhas and Bhoddisatvas seen on War service in India and Burma.

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