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Title:
Gemini
Object name(s):
figure group; stone figure group
Brief description:
stone carving of twins, signed on base T.G.
Collection:
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
Acquisition date:
20.3.1991
Acquisition method:
gift
Acquisition note:
the first work of contemporary art presented through the auspices of the Cornwall Heritage Trust
Associated concept:
SCULPTURE
Associated concept:
art, artwork, artist, sculpture, sculpt, sculpted, children, twin, pair, young, child, children, babies, baby, 20th, century, oolitic, limestone, 1980s, light, cream, buff, colour, cornish, cornwall, feock, figure, group
Dimension:
height
Dimension value:
28 cm
Dimension:
width
Dimension value:
38 cm
Inscription content:
TG
Inscription position:
base
Inscription type:
sculptor's initials
Inscription content:
86
Inscription type:
date
Object component name:
material
Object component information:
limestone
Object component information:
Bath stone
Object name:
figure group; stone figure group
Object number:
TRURI : 1991.37
Object production person:
Gilder, Theresa
Person's association:
sculptor
Other number:
Transfer of Title no.T/T 1991.43
Other number type:
assigned number
Right type:
copyright
Technique:
sculpted
Text:
A carved stone sculpture of intertwined twins. Theresa Gilder studied at the Manchester School of Art before moving to Cornwall. Influenced by Barbara Hepworth, she received tuition from John Tunnard, Bouverie Hoyton and Barbara Tribe at the Penzance School of Art. Gemini was exhibited at Trelissick Gallery and Newlyn Art Gallery. It bears the sculptor's initials and year of creation on the base. Bath Stone, 1986.
Text note:
Gemini, Theresa Gilder (b.1936)
Use venue:
Trelissick Art Gallery
Use venue:
Feock
Use venue:
Newlyn Art Gallery
Use venue:
Newlyn

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3ee22c13-0c72-3a16-a8d5-7ba84aef00f2

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/3ee22c13-0c72-3a16-a8d5-7ba84aef00f2, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, CC BY-NC

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