Title: The Embrace |
Artist: Robert Gibbings |
External website: here |
Date of Work: 1925 to 1930 |
Medium: sculpture : stone |
Dimensions: 1020mm x 1100mm x 240mm |
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Caption: The Embrace by Robert Gibbings,1925. Sandstone. This sculpture was inspired by a photograph of girls dancing which appeared in a souvenir programme from a Parisian music hall. Gibbings is best known as a wood engraver and author. At the time that this sculpture was made he owned The Golden Cockerel Press, Berkshire. |
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Object Number: 1991.13.1 |
Acknowledgements: Acquired with assistance from The V&A Purchase Grant Fund and Reading Foundation for Art |
Copyright: | Image : Reading Borough Council / Intellectual : The artist`s estate | |
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