The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1923

Daphne Mayo

Description: Plaster group with seated and kneeling figures. First version with the father's head bound by a scarf.
Provenance: Shipped to Australia from London in 1929, current whereabouts unknown.
Notes: This was Daphne Mayo's prize winning entry for the Royal Academy's gold medal in sculpture of 1923 and the Edward Stott Travelling Scholarship. Lloyd Rees modelled for the figure of the son.

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	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	The Olympian, 1946 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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The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1923

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