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

161. BLWA 116

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 116
Title:
Architectural drawing of the British Library's interior
Scope & Content:
Architectural drawing of the British Library, showing interiors of both basements and upper floors. Coloured pencil on tracing paper. 84 by 49 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

162. BLWA 117

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 117
Title:
Plaster maquette of Eduardo Paolozzi's sculpture, 'Newton after Blake' (BLWA 1). Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Scope & Content:
Pencil marks on the maquette were made by the artist.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1992-1995
Extent:
1 Item

163. BLWA 118

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 118
Title:
Small bronze replica of Eduardo Paolozzi's sculpture, 'Newton after Blake' (BLWA 1). . Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Scope & Content:
Small bronze replica of Eduardo Paolozzi's sculpture, 'Newton after Blake' (BLWA 1). . Artist(s): Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo (1924-2005)
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1995
Extent:
1 Item

164. BLWA 119

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 119
Title:
Homage to Michelangelo. Artist(s): Hockney, David (b.1937)
Scope & Content:
From Hockney's Michaelangelo Portfolio. Inspired by T.S. Eliot's poem, 'The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock' (1917). Signed by David Hockney, 1975, 120/200. Donated to the British Library in 2009 by Klaus Anschel, in memory of his wife, Gertie. Etching and lithograph in Aluminium frame. Ima...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1975
Extent:
1 Item

165. BLWA 120

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 120
Title:
In Horne's House. . Artist(s): Hamilton, Richard (b.1922)
Scope & Content:
In Horne's House. 1981-82. An illustration for the 'Oxen in the Sun' episode of James Joyce's Ulysses. 'The high hall of Horne's house had never beheld an assembly so representative and so varied nor had the rafters of that establishment ever listened to a language so encyclopaedic' -James Joy...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1982
Extent:
1 Item

166. BLWA 121

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 121
Title:
Interior of the British Library's St. Pancras building, showing the King's Library Tower.
Scope & Content:
Interior of the British Library's St. Pancras building, showing the King's Library Tower.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

167. BLWA 122

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 122
Title:
Interior of the original King's Library in the British Museum, 1931. Artist(s): Shepherd, F.H.
Scope & Content:
On loan from the Trustees of the British Museum. Framed oil painting on plywood. Presented to the British Museum on 11 February 1964 by Mrs. Gwen Hilton, niece of Sir George Hill KCB Director and Principal Librarian, 1931-36.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
1 Item

168. BLWA 123

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 123
Title:
Witness. Artist(s): Gormley, Antony (b. 1950)
Scope & Content:
Cast iron sculpture of an empty chair, a symbol used by English PEN for the last 30 years, to represent imprisoned writers around the world. Commissioned by English Pen in 2011 to mark their 90th anniversary. Unveiled on 13 December 2011. English PEN, founded in 1921, exists to emphasize the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

169. BLWA 124

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 124
Title:
Plaster roundel. Artist(s): Chadwick, Lynn (1914-2003)
Scope & Content:
Possibly a maquette for a commission. Diameter: 35.8 cm Depth at outer rim: 2.5 cm
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

170. BLWA 125

Reference (shelfmark):
BLWA 125
Title:
Print based on Page 1, 'Penelope'. . Artist(s): Tilson, Joe (b. 1928)
Scope & Content:
Print based on Page 1, 'Penelope’ (BLWA 11). Fourty five squares, each with the word ‘YES’ written inside, arranged in 9 rows of 5. Inscribed on front, ‘Tilson 1970’, ‘Proof’. Inscribed on back, ‘Proof page from: “A-Z fragments of an oneiric alphabet” published by Alistair McAlpine 1969-70 (Ed ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1970
Extent:
1 Item