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Wilson, Eva, now Lady Wilson, formerly Eva Sjögren (Swedish, 1925-present); b. Stockholm, moved to Denmark 1947, returned to Sweden 1950, moved to England by 1955
ENGLAND, Record of Memory, 1992, a cast bronze plaque by Eva Wilson [Powderhall Bronze] for the British Art Medal Society, images of Amenophis III and the winged human-headed bull from Ashurnasirpal’s Palace divided by a column, rev. Bodhisattva between two columns, staircases below, 100 x 70mm, 535.16g (Attwood 86; The Medal 21, pp.121-2). Extremely fine, as made £50-£70
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Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2004.
Edition of 25. The artist, the wife of Sir David Wilson, former Director of the British Museum from 1976 to 1991, drew on special memories to create her plaque, which she said is “a very personal and childish commemoration of a time in my life when these [objects]...were part of my daily life in the incomparable treasure house that is the British Museum”
ENGLAND, Record of Memory, 1992, a cast bronze plaque by Eva Wilson [Powderhall Bronze] for the British Art Medal Society, images of Amenophis III and the winged human-headed bull from Ashurnasirpal’s Palace divided by a column, rev. Bodhisattva between two columns, staircases below, 100 x 70mm, 535.16g (Attwood 86; The Medal 21, pp.121-2). Extremely fine, as made £50-£70
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Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2004.
Edition of 25. The artist, the wife of Sir David Wilson, former Director of the British Museum from 1976 to 1991, drew on special memories to create her plaque, which she said is “a very personal and childish commemoration of a time in my life when these [objects]...were part of my daily life in the incomparable treasure house that is the British Museum”
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Wilson, Eva, now Lady Wilson, formerly Eva Sjögren (Swedish, 1925-present); b. Stockholm, moved to Denmark 1947, returned to Sweden 1950, moved to England by 1955
ENGLAND, Record of Memory, 1992, a cast bronze plaque by Eva Wilson [Powderhall Bronze] for the British Art Medal Society, images of Amenophis III and the winged human-headed bull from Ashurnasirpal’s Palace divided by a column, rev. Bodhisattva between two columns, staircases below, 100 x 70mm, 535.16g (Attwood 86; The Medal 21, pp.121-2). Extremely fine, as made £50-£70
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Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2004.
Edition of 25. The artist, the wife of Sir David Wilson, former Director of the British Museum from 1976 to 1991, drew on special memories to create her plaque, which she said is “a very personal and childish commemoration of a time in my life when these [objects]...were part of my daily life in the incomparable treasure house that is the British Museum”
ENGLAND, Record of Memory, 1992, a cast bronze plaque by Eva Wilson [Powderhall Bronze] for the British Art Medal Society, images of Amenophis III and the winged human-headed bull from Ashurnasirpal’s Palace divided by a column, rev. Bodhisattva between two columns, staircases below, 100 x 70mm, 535.16g (Attwood 86; The Medal 21, pp.121-2). Extremely fine, as made £50-£70
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Provenance: Bt Simmons January 2004.
Edition of 25. The artist, the wife of Sir David Wilson, former Director of the British Museum from 1976 to 1991, drew on special memories to create her plaque, which she said is “a very personal and childish commemoration of a time in my life when these [objects]...were part of my daily life in the incomparable treasure house that is the British Museum”
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