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UK entry to Common Market
Details
- Date
- 1973
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 25cm
- Material
- Plaster
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.28
- Current location
- Plug Street
Large plaster cast of coin design. In 1973 The Royal Mint and HM Government commissioned David Wynne to model the reverse of the new 50p coin commemorating Britain’s entry into the European Common Market. The nine linked hands, were modelled on the hands of David, his wife Gilli, his stepson Johnny and one of his craftsmen, Bill Amer.
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Grizzly Bear
Details
- Date
- 1974
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 61cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.29
- Current location
- Welcome centre
Bronze maquette. PepsiCo commissioned a 26-tonne Grizzly Bear in Belgian fossil marble for their sculpture park in New York State. Bronze maquettes were commissioned by the company to send as gifts to their corporate clients.
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Pele (Large edition)
Details
- Date
- 1976
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 43cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.30
- Current location
- Plug Street
Bronze head of legendary Brazilian footballer, Edison Arantes do Nascimento (1940 – ), made at the request of Pele himself.
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Pele (Small edition)
Details
- Date
- 1976
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 15cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.31
- Current location
- Gothic Library
Small bronze head of the Brazilian footballer, Edison Arantes do Nascimento (1940 – ), more refined than the larger edition.
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Silver Jubilee medal of HM The Queen
Details
- Date
- 1977
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 41cm
- Material
- Plaster
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.32
- Current location
- Plug Street
Large plaster cast of coin design. Commissioned by the Coin Committee of England for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977.
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Gaia
Details
- Date
- 1980
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 30cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.33
- Current location
- Plug Street
Bronze figure of Earth goddess. The original is carved out of multi-coloured Zimbabwean marble (52 ins) and is located in the Abbey Gardens, Tresco, Isles of Scilly.