The Olympian, 1946

The Olympian, 1946

Daphne Mayo

Description: Life-sized truncated torso of a nude female dancer walking, cut off at mid thighs, in bronze with a black patina.
Dimensions: 100.3cm high, 37cm wide
Provenance: Puchased by NGV 1949.
Notes: Daphne Mayo described this purchase as the greatest honor of her entire career. It was exhibited in Sydney in 1946, and again in 1948, and on display at the La Trobe Valley Art Centre opening in 1971.

Honour Roll, 1919 Daphne Mayo	Winged Victory, c1912 Daphne Mayo	Lion architectural ornament, c1911 Daphne Mayo	A Student's Head, 1921 Daphne Mayo
Female Life Study, 1922 Daphne Mayo	The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1923 Daphne Mayo	Memorial to R. Godfrey Rivers, St Davids Cathedral, Hobart, 1931-1932 Daphne Mayo	Women's War Memorial, ANZAC Square, Brisbane, 1930-1932 Daphne Mayo
Detail of the Tympanum Church of the Holy Spirit, New Farm, Brisbane, 1929-1930 Daphne Mayo	Two Jolly Sailormen or, Jolly Sailors, c1942 Daphne Mayo	Woman 1941 Daphne Mayo	Fat Man 1940 Daphne Mayo
Portrait bust of D M Fraser of Mundoolun, Queensland, 1956-1957 Daphne Mayo	Portrait bust of Dr Christine Rivett, c1950 Daphne Mayo	The Jolly Swagman, 1959 Daphne Mayo	Statue of Major General The Honourable Sir William Glasgow, 1961-1964 Daphne Mayo
Statue of a boy for Knox Grammar School, Sydney, 1962-1964 Daphne Mayo	Portrait bust of Mr Whetton, c1960s Daphne Mayo	Grecian Woman, c1922-1923 Daphne Mayo	Hope, Relief panel for the chapel of Mt Thompson Crematorium, 1934 Daphne Mayo
Clay model of Brisbane City Hall Tympanum, Brisbane, 1927-1930 Daphne Mayo	Daphne Mayo pictured holding a cat with: Two female saints for St David's Cathedral Hobart, Daphne Mayo	Fat Man, 1940 Daphne Mayo	Little Blackie, 1943 Daphne Mayo
Woman 1941 Daphne Mayo	Bust of Lloyd Rees, 1959-1961 Daphne Mayo	Self Portrait, Daphne Mayo Daphne Mayo	Statue of Major General The Honourable Sir William Glasgow, 1961-1964 Daphne Mayo
Portrait relief of Dr F W Robinson, 1965 Daphne Mayo

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