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Title:
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The Birth of Aphrodite
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Artist: |
Dr Arthur Fleischmann
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Description: |
Slightly smaller than lifesize sculpture depicting the goddess Aphrodite being born from a scallop shell. The sculpture is carved from a solid laminated block of Perspex that was produced especially for the artist by ICI. The sculpture was originally commissioned by the Pacific Steam Navigation Company to decorate the Embarkation Lounge on the liner Reina del Mar, which sailed the route between Great Britain and Chile via the Panama Canal. As part of the City of Liverpool's activities as European City of Culture 2008, the sculpture will go on display at the Merseyside Maritime Museum. The sculpture will be exhibited alongside models of ships built in many of the ship yards of Liverpool during that period - the hey-day of ocean liners. Details of the display at the National Maritime Museum can be found here and here.
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Signature: |
None |
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Owner: |
Mr Dominique Fleischmann |
Copyright: |
Mr Dominique Fleischmann |
Credit: |
By kind permission of Dominique Fleischmann |
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Material(s): |
Perspex
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Medium: |
Unassigned |
Finish: |
Carved |
Technique: |
Carved |
Genre: |
Perspex Carving
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Colours: |
Clear |
Year: |
1955 |
Height: |
2.2 metres |
Width: |
0.42 metres |
Depth: |
0.35 metres |
Edition: |
1 of 1 |
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Key: |
101 |
Acc. No.: |
101 |
Col. No.: |
101 |
Number of views: |
7398 |
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