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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection British Library Works of Art

151. BLWA 106

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 106
Title:
Portrait of (?) G. K. Chesterton. Artist(s): Gunn, Sir James (1893-1964)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of (?) G. K. Chesterton. Artist(s): Gunn, Sir James (1893-1964)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 Item

152. BLWA 107

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 107
Title:
A Pause on the Landing. Based on a design by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005). Artist(s): Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh
Scope & Content:
In 1993 it was decided to place a tapestry on the landing of the British Library’s Conference Centre. The tapestry’s design was created by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005), and was inspired by Laurence Sterne’s 18th Century novel, ‘The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy’. It was made by the maste...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 Item

153. BLWA 108

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 108
Title:
Round Reading Room. Artist(s): Laubin, Carl (b. 1947)
Scope & Content:
Round Reading Room. Artist(s): Laubin, Carl (b. 1947)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

154. BLWA 109

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 109
Title:
Untitled. Artist(s): Furnival, John (b.1933)
Scope & Content:
Commissioned by the Circle Press for the British Library.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1989
Extent:
1 Item

155. BLWA 110

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 110
Title:
Portrait of Commander L.M.M. Saunders Watson, CBW FSA DLit (Hon), DL. Artist(s): Ward, John (1917-2007)
Scope & Content:
Portrait of Commander L.M.M. Saunders Watson, CBW FSA DLit (Hon), DL Chairman, British Library Board 1990-1993 Chairman, Friends of the British Library 1994-2000 Presented to the British Library in 2006.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1981
Extent:
1 Item

156. BLWA 111

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 111
Title:
A Contemporary Mappa Mundi. Artist(s): McLean, Andrea (b. 1968)
Scope & Content:
'This painting was created in Hereford Cathedral in close proximity to the medieval 'Mappa Mundi' when Andrea was artist-in-residence. She explains that she was 'weaving together my experience of time (lent and spring) and place (the cathedral) through colour and pattern. My idea [was] to make...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 Item

157. BLWA 112

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 112
Title:
Mister Punch
Scope & Content:
Mister Punch
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

158. BLWA 113

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 113
Title:
A Quiet North. Artist(s): Smith, Ian McKenzie (b.1936)
Scope & Content:
Presented to the British Library in memory of J Michael Smethurst CBE, Director General 1986-1995, Deputy Chief Executive 1995-1996, by friends and colleagues.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2008
Extent:
1 Item

159. BLWA 114

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 114
Title:
Les Incunables. Artist(s): Lemay, Claire
Scope & Content:
Presented to the British Library from the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales Quebec in 2008. Edition 63/125 97 x 203 mm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2005
Extent:
1 Item

160. BLWA 115

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 115
Title:
Si on laissait nos traces. Two colour prints. . Artist(s): Nadeau, Luc (1948- )
Scope & Content:
Two colour prints by Luc Naideau (1948- ). Presented to the British Library from the Bibliotheque et Archives nationales Quebec in 2008, along with BLWA 114. One print (BLWA 115a) has been framed (edition 73/125). The other print (BLWA 115b) is unframed (121/125). 102 x 221 mm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 2005-2007
Extent:
1 Item