‘Snowdrift’ 1901
Edward Onslow Ford (1852 – 1901)
Marble, green onyx, lapis lazuli with silver mounts and black
marble, 39.5 x 90.5 x 35.6cm
Accession Number LL47
The figure is conceived as a personification of snow, or perhaps of the spirit of winter. Now, with the coming of spring, the snow is melting and she is sleeping – or dying.
Ford combines intense poetry in the unusual pose and haunting
expression of the girl with direct realism in the modelling of her
figure. Even her ribs are visible through her emaciated and bony
flesh. His use of varied materials and textures also reflects his
adherence to the principles of the ‘New Sculpture’.
Ford was working on this piece when he died on 23 December 1901.
It was completed by another artist and exhibited posthumously at
the Royal Academy in 1902.
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