Lot 67

SIMON BURNS-COX (BRITISH 1962-)

FRANCE, 1914

£2,500

Contemporary & Post-War Art // Prints & Multiples

Auction: Contemporary & Post-War Art | Prints & Multiples

Description

2014, black and gold Portoro Marble with metal base

Dimensions

184cm x 64cm x 17cm (72.5in x 25.25in x 6.75in), with a base of 1 metre square, weighing 300kg

Footnote

Exhibited: The Riverside Museum, Glasgow 2018-19;

The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum 2017-18;

The Peoples’ Palace Museum 2016-17;

The Scottish Parliament, 2015.

Note: The marble sculpture is called 'FRANCE 1914’ and was designed to commemorate the ending of the First World War. It depicts the last remaining tree on the battlefront but is intended as a symbol of hope.