TRIBE, Barbara (1913-2000) 'Sun Worshipper,' 1934. Plaster, signed to base. Modelled & cast: 1933/34 by Barbara Tribe at East Sydney Technical College. Exhibited: Sept 1934 at Society of Artists (Sydney); May 1935 Women's Industrial Art Society (Sydney). Acquired: circa 1979 from Iris Spicer who modelled for the sculpture and received it as part payment from Barbara Tribe in circa 1933. Foundry Model: 1998 used by Crawford Casting to create cast for two bronzes of The Sun Worshipper. Illustrated: '2012 Australian Women Sculptors: Women's Work in Three Dimensions (1778 to 1940),' by David Angeloro (H35cm W34cm D15cm)
OTHER NOTES: Model was Iris Eleanor Spicer (Mrs Sid Platt) who was also a model for Norman Lindsay, Rayner Hoff and other Sydney artists. Estimate $2,000-4,000