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Ivor Roberts-Jones (British, 1916-1996) Sir Winston Churchill, maquette for the monument in Parliament Square 51.7 cm. (20 3/8 in.) high (excluding the stone base) image 1
Ivor Roberts-Jones (British, 1916-1996) Sir Winston Churchill, maquette for the monument in Parliament Square 51.7 cm. (20 3/8 in.) high (excluding the stone base) image 2
Lot 48*,AR

Ivor Roberts-Jones
(British, 1916-1996)
Sir Winston Churchill, maquette for the monument in Parliament Square 51.7 cm. (20 3/8 in.) high (excluding the base)

21 June 2023, 15:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £51,200 inc. premium

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Ivor Roberts-Jones (British, 1916-1996)

Sir Winston Churchill, maquette for the monument in Parliament Square
numbered '47' (on the side of the bronze base)
bronze with a dark brown patina on a painted concrete base
51.7 cm. (20 3/8 in.) high (excluding the base)

Footnotes

Provenance
The Heritage Club, London, where acquired by
Peter Paul Bartolo, from whom acquired by the present owner
Private Collection, U.S.A.

Literature
Peter Cannon-Brookes, Ivor Roberts-Jones, Trefoli Books, London, 1983, pp. 51-59

The present work is a maquette for the large scale sculpture of Churchill by Roberts-Jones which stands in Parliament Square and was commissioned in 1971. The first important commission the artist had received came in 1961 from Lord Beaverbrook for a bust of Somerset Maugham. Following this, he was asked to sculpt the memorial statue for fellow artist Augustus John in Hampshire. This major work took three years to complete but was a great success and crucially led to his election as Associate of The Royal Academy. Further honours followed in 1975 when Roberts-Jones was awarded the C.B.E.

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