Modern British Art
Modern British Art
Ivor Roberts-Jones
Sir Winston Churchill, Maquette for the Monument in Parliament Square
Auction Closed
June 28, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Ivor Roberts-Jones, R.A.
1913 - 1996
Sir Winston Churchill, Maquette for the Monument in Parliament Square
numbered 43 (on the base)
bronze
height (not including stone base): 51cm.; 20in.
height (including stone base): 62cm.; 24½in.
Conceived and cast between 1971-74, the present work is number 43 from the edition of 1500.
Heritage Club, London, where acquired by the present owner, 25 September 1974
Peter Cannon-Brookes, Ivor Roberts-Jones, Trefoli Books, London, 1983, pp. 51-59
Ivor Roberts- Jones is best known as a sculptor of such notables as the artist Augustus John, the violinist and conductor Yhudi Menuhin and the poet Rupert Brooke. His most iconic work is the monumental sculpture of Winston Churchill which currently stands in Parliament Square. The work was commissioned in 1971, and the present bronze was a maquette for this piece. Oscar Nemon had originally been considered for the commision, but reaction to his initial ideas were mixed. Eight sculptors were then asked to submit their plans for a committee to review, of which Nemon and Roberts-Jones’s designs were shortlisted. After a few suggested amendments to the initial design, the committee unanimously awarded the commission to Roberts-Jones.