ANGELA CONNER (BRITISH B. 1935), YALTA MEMORIAL
ANGELA... Lot 29
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ANGELA CONNER (BRITISH B. 1935), YALTA MEMORIAL
ANGELA CONNER (BRITISH B. 1935)YALTA MEMORIAL Bronze and stone on a marble turntable base Signed, dated 1987 and numbered 4/16 35cm (13¾in.) High exc. marble base In 1981, Conner was commissioned to produce the Yalta Memorial Statue to commemorate the hundreds of thousands of people sent back to the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia by the United Kingdom between 1944 and 1947. The sculpture was located opposite the entrance to the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. Unfortunately, not even a year after its erection, plans for its rebuild were made following a series of attacks and vandalism made to the sculpture. A new memorial was produced by Conner in 1986 for the same location in South Kensington, Yalta Memorial Statue (2nd), depicting 12 heads of tragedy - anger, pain, horror, determination. The funds were raised through the support of the Duke of Devonshire who held a party to launch a series of lithographs for sale which Conner produced examples of which are presented as Lot 30 and 31.
Provenance:
Direct from the artist's studio collection
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