Freud the Thinker by Oscar Nemon (1936)

Created from a maquette which Nemon made to celebrate Freud’s eightieth birthday in 1936, this bust shows Freud deep in thought. Nemon had been visiting Freud in Vienna to sketch and sculpt him for five years when he created this portrait. Their friendship is evidenced by the confidence with which he portrays Freud. 

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: 625g
• Dimensions: 12cm high, 13cm wide, 9cm 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.