‡ Richard Cowdy (born 1937) Hercules the Bear

‡ Richard Cowdy (born 1937)

Hercules the Bear, 1983

patinated bronze, on Portland stone base

signed in the bronze and Cowdy Foundry seal,

36.5cm. high

Provenance

Armstrong-Davis Gallery, Arundel

Catalogue notes

The bronze is a portrait from life of a large Grizzly named Hercules - who had gone missing for two months and nearly starved to death. He had previously found notoriety in a toilet paper advert and gained the nickname 'The Big Softy'.