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The Great British Art Tour: an overlooked talent who broke gender norms

With public art collections closed we are bringing the art to you, exploring highlights from across the country in partnership with Art UK. Today’s pick: The Martinique by Sally Ryan

At first glance this work is easily mistaken in our collection’s spaces for one of renowned 20th-century British sculptor Jacob Epstein’s busts. Its creator is in fact the little known American sculptor Sally Ryan.

This sculpture was gifted as part of a selection of 15 of Ryan’s works, presented to the town of Walsall in 1973 by Kathleen Garman (Epstein’s widow) who had grown up locally. We are, as far as we are aware, the only UK public museum collection that features Ryan’s work.

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