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Shergar
Details
- Date
- 1981
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 84cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.35
- Current location
- Stowe School Library
Bronze maquette of legendary racehorse owned by HH Aga Khan IV which won the Derby in 1981. David Wynne has also made bronzes of the Aga Khan’s other Derby Winners: Shergar (1981); Kahyasi (1988); Sinndar (2000), and life-size sculptures of each are in the private collection of the Aga Khan.
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Australian Sea Lions
Details
- Date
- 1983
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 28cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.36
- Current location
- Plug St Case1
Four bronze sealions. The full-size version is the central piece of a large fountain.
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Fred Perry
Details
- Date
- 1984
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 20cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.37
- Current location
- Plug Street case 3
Bronze figure of tennis player, racket in hand. Maquette for larger bronze statue at the The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon.
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Gerenuk
Details
- Date
- 1985
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 41cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.38
- Current location
- Plug Street case 2
Bronze of a giraffe-necked antelope found in northern Kenya.
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Risen Christ 2
Details
- Date
- 1985
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 76cm
- Material
- Plaster
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.39
- Current location
- Stowe School Chapel
Plaster model for the Clipsham limestone figure on the uppermost level of the West Front of Wells Cathedral, Somerset. A TV programme (The Chivalry of Heaven) was made showing the sculptor at work on the stone blocks and at the installation and unveiling of the statue at Wells.
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Awakening Earth
Details
- Date
- 1988
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 20cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.40
- Current location
- Senior Deputy Head's study
Bronze green patina on marble block. It is a maquette from a small bronze edition cast c.1988. The Awakening Earth is a much larger scale was executed in green and white Turkish marble and is displayed in the Place Camoletti, Geneva.
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Shahrastani
Details
- Date
- 1988
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 38cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.41
- Current location
- Plug Street Case 3
Bronze maquette of racehorse owned by HH Aga Khan IV which won the Derby in 1986. David Wynne has also made bronzes of the Aga Khan’s other Derby Winners: Shergar (1981); Kahyasi (1988); Sinndar (2000) and life size sculptures of each are in the private collection of the Aga Khan.
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Charging Elephant
Details
- Date
- 1991
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 33cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.42
- Current location
- Plug Street case 2
Bronze Elephant recalling the attack of a bull elephant in Savuti, Botswana.
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Gilli Walking
Details
- Date
- 1991
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 97cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.44
- Current location
- Plug Street
Bronze figure of David Wynne’s wife, Gilli. David Wynne created the statue as an elegy on the death of his wife, Gilli, on 10 November 1990.
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Goddess of the Woods
Details
- Date
- 1991
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 51cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.45
- Current location
- Plug Street
Bronze figure. Commissioned for the gardens of Highgrove by HRH The Prince of Wales and to celebrate the 25th birthday of Diana, Princess of Wales, the original is made of Rosso Orbico marble (42 ins).