Details & Cataloguing
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Oscar Nemon
1906-1985
BUST OF WINSTON CHURCHILL
signed and stamped with foundry mark
bronze
height: 36cm.; 14in.
Conceived in the mid-1960s, the present work is believed to be unique.
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bronze
height: 36cm.; 14in.
Conceived in the mid-1960s, the present work is believed to be unique.
Provenance
Commissioned directly from the Artist by DFDS to celebrate the launch of M/S Winston Churchill in 1964
Acquired directly from DFDS by the present owner
Acquired directly from DFDS by the present owner
Catalogue Note
Commissioned by DFDS (Det Forenede Dampskibs-Selskab) to celebrate the construction of M/S Winston Churchill in 1964, the present work was unveiled by Churchill's widow Baroness Spencer Churchill on 30th May 1967 at a celebration at Greenwich, London, before the Esbjerg-Harwich route began.
We are grateful to the Estate of the Artist for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
We are grateful to the Estate of the Artist for their kind assistance with the cataloguing of the present work.
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