Freud Relief by Oscar Nemon (1936)

Sculpted from life during the 1930s, this relief communicates Freud's reflectiveness and vision, showing him lost in thought as he gazes into the distance through his characteristic spectacles.

Reduced from a life size sketch, the bronze original of this distinctive desk ornament is now held by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford.

Working from her Wood Green studio, London, artist and ceramist Martha Todd has remoulded Oscar Nemon's 1930s original plaster portraits of Sigmund Freud, using two part silicone moulds, supported by rigid plaster armatures, to faithfully reproduce Nemon's casting methods. This ensures that the portraits of Freud are absolutely accurate casts of the originals created by Nemon from life.

• Cast in jesmonite with bronze powder
• Hand finished with a layer of green 'verdigris' wax patina
• Weight: 132g
• 6cm across, and 2.75 cm deep
• Comes with Certificate of Authenticity
• Packed in an elegant black gift box

Martha Todd RCA MA is an artist and Sculpture tutor at the Royal Academy of Arts Schools. She makes work from her studio in North London. Her work is often conceptual but she also enjoys sculpting figurative forms, both human and animal. She makes work both for exhibitions and on commission. 

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