- 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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