Ju-Jitsu
Created by William Kellock Brown
Object class: sculpture
Object type: group
Material: metal - bronze
Technique: cast
Description: Two figures practising the Japanese martial art of Ju-Jitsu. One figure is seated and is holding the second figure, who is lying with his back arched, with his hands and feet.
Notes: Ju-jitsu was introduced into Britain c.1900 and was quickly popularized by displays in music halls as well as clubs offering training in the traditional martial art. David Bomberg made a painting depicting Ju-Jitsu in 1913 (Tate collection).
Makers, Owners and Exhibitors
Owned by Tate Gallery
1924
Catalogue number: N03960. Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest
Sources
Annual Report from the Council of The Royal Academy to the General Assembly of Academicians for the Year 1924, 1925 Royal Academy Annual Reports
20 February 1925
p. 65
Tate online: Art and Artists (previously General Collection)
http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?cgroupid=999999961&workid=1622&searchid=13565 (accessed 2 September 2010)
Citing this record
'Ju-Jitsu', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=editor_1276847814, accessed 17 Jan 2021]
