Works of Edith Maryon explained

Works

The following is a substantially incomplete list of the works of Edith Maryon.

Image Title/Description Date Dimensions Location Comments
Modelled head from life 1898 Displayed at the Camden School of Art, where it won a prize. Maryon's brother Herbert Maryon also won a prize, for a wrought metal casket.
Panel for screen 1899 Displayed at the New Gallery for the 1899 Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society exhibition.
Religion 1900 Sketch model of a figure for a public building. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1900, with the catalogue quoting Ephesians 6:11, "Put on the whole armour of God."
Model of a figure from the nude 1900 Displayed at the Victoria and Albert Museum as part of the 1900 National Competition of Schools of Art and Art Classes, where it won a gold medal.
Plaster relief 1900 Displayed at the 1900 exhibition of the Royal College of Art's South Kensington Sketch Club, where Maryon (possibly for this piece) won an award offered by The Artist for an adaptation of the human figure to some applied art object.
A Sketch in Clay 1900 Displayed at the 1900 exhibition of the Royal College of Art's South Kensington Sketch Club, where it won an award for modelling offered by Édouard Lantéri.
May Morning 1901 Relief, portion of a fireplace. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1901, with the catalogue quoting William Wordsworth, "When youths and maids At peep of dawn would rise, And wander forth, in forest glades Thy birth to solemnize."
Portrait medallion 1901 Metal in relief. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1901.
Joan d'Arc 1901 Relief. Exhibited at the 1901 Glasgow International Exhibition.
Religion 1901 Displayed at the Leeds City Art Gallery for the 1901 spring exhibition, priced at £15 15s.
Auf Weidersehn 1902 Displayed at the Leeds City Art Gallery for the 1902 spring exhibition, priced at £12 12s.
Cupid and Psyche 1902 Clasp, silver enamel. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1902.
Francis, son of Sir Rennell and Lady Rodd 1902 Medallion. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1902.
Miss Mildred Maryon 1903 Bust. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903.
Mother and child 1903 Group. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903.
Rev. Canon Rawnsley 1903 Bronze relief. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903.
"Listen!" Evelyn and Gloria, children of Sir Rennell and Lady Rodd 1903 Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1903, and again in 1904 under the name Evelyn and Gloria: children of Sir Rennell and Lady Rodd.
The Messenger of Death1904 Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1904, with line "One shall be taken, the other left".
The Triumph of Peace 1904
Miss Rose Gough, daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Denison 1904 Marble bust. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1904.
Peace and war 1905 Sketch model for a frieze. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1905.
The Pixies' Ring 1906 Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1906.
A Poet of Umbria 1907
The Enchanted Garden 1908 Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1908 .
A future Darwin 1908 Bust. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1908.
The Passing of Winter—Miss Maude Allan as Spring 1909
Miss Maud Allan, in the "Dance of Anitra" 1909 Bronze statuette. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1909.
To the Witches' Revels 1909 37 cm high Private collection Patinated bronze, signed and dated in the cast. Auctioned for £3,400 in 2015.
Psyche 1909 43 cm high Private collection Bronze statuette. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1910. Auctioned by Christie's in 1993 with an estimate of £1,000–1,500, but was bought in. Sold by Tennants in 2004.
La danse d'Anitra 1910
Priestess of Isis 1911 Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1911.
The Priest 1911
Echo 1911 29.8 cm high; 33.7 cm wide (plinth) Bronze statuette. Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1911. Purchased the following year by the Walker Art Gallery.
The seeker of Divine wisdom 1912 Exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1912, with the catalogue including the line "The seeker kneels before Wisdom; behind him stand Religion, Knowledge, Purity, Change; on the left side Natural Law or Science, Love, Inspiration or Prayer; seated figures Contemplation or Research."
Fairy Luck 1915 7.5 cm high Gilt plaster. Purchased by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and displayed at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, but no longer part of the collection.
Meditation 1915 8 cm high Private collection Bronze. Sold by East Bristol Auctions in February 2019. A version in gilt plaster purchased by William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme and displayed at the Lady Lever Art Gallery, but no longer part of the collection.
Nude relief 860mm high; 560mm wide; 35mm deep; 13.6 kg destroyed Possibly Model of a figure from the nude (1900). Sold on eBay on 11 October 2021 for £111; destroyed by Parcelforce.
Plaster casts of eurythmy figures Private collection

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