Medal, Cloud Cliff Bathers, Ron Dutton, England, 1981
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1981
Throughout his career, Dutton has regularly returned to the theme of mankind’s relationship with nature. In Cloud Cliff Bathers (1981), he depicts four small figures lounging next to a body of water at the base of a large and dominating cliff. Above the cliff, Dutton details the sky with wispy clouds, suggesting a sense of movement.
In this plaquette, Dutton’s use of scale emphasizes the power and energy of the natural world. The small figures are dwarfed by the cliff, as nature comes to take centre stage. In writing about his work, Virginia Hewitt explains, ‘Dutton is looking at man’s place in nature, how we co-exist with the world that is our home.’ In Cloud Cliff Bathers , figures are seen lounging and enjoying the abundance that nature has to offer . A rectangular plaquette, cast bronze, depicting bathers lounging by a body of water at the bottom of a cliff
Given by Ron Dutton in 2024.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Height: 13 cm; Width: 9 cm; Depth: 1 cm
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Ron Dutton
- Place recorded
- England
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London collection record for this single object (sentences kept verbatim apart from removed sale or rarity wording); how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Candidate id
- vam-O1772108
- Museum object name
- Plaquette
- Holding institution
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London
- Museum object number
- A.4-2024
- Museum system number
- O1772108
Catalogue references
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Research required
- Research required: confirm the wider type, maker and dating against a specialist reference; this entry documents one recorded example.