Arthur G Walker

Christ at the Whipping Post

exhibited 1925

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In Tate Britain

Walk Through British Art: 1910

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Artist: Arthur G Walker 1861–1939
Medium: Ivory and marble
Dimensions: Object: 584 x 229 x 178 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1925
Reference: N04101

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Walker produced numerous sculptures on religious themes both in Britain and the USA and was a prolific maker of war memorials. His best known work is the memorial to Florence Nightingale in London’s Waterloo Place. The subject here – the Flagellation of Christ – stems from the Bible and was common in Western European art. The use of chryselephantine (ivory and stone) might have seemed old-fashioned, being a popular technique in the 1800s especially among Art Nouveau artists. The image of Christ’s suffering may well have had contemporary resonances.

Gallery label, September 2016

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Catalogue entry

N04101 CHRIST AT THE WHIPPING POST c. 1925

Not inscribed.
Ivory and marble, 23×9×7 (58·5×23×18) including base 2 1/2 (6·5).
Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1925.
Exh: R.A., 1925 (1413).
Lit: Kineton Parkes, The Art of Carved Sculpture, 1931, I, p.97.

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Published in:
Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, London 1964, II