FRANCE 1914 by Simon Burns-Cox
Medium: Black and Gold Portoro Marble
Dimensions: 184 x 64 x 17 cm with a base of one metre square and weighing 300 kg
Date Created: 2014
For Sale and to be auctioned through Lyon and Turnbull Edinburgh on Wednesday 11th August 2021
Description
FRANCE 1914 BY SIMON BURNS-COX
Medium: Black and Gold Portoro Marble
Dimensions: 184 x 64 x 17 cm with a base of one metre square and weighing 300 kg
Date Created: 2014
Description: The marble sculpture ‘FRANCE 1914′ by Simon Burns-Cox was made to commemorate the ending of The First World War in aid of PoppyScotland. It was designed to depict the last remaining tree on the battlefront but a symbol of hope. The sculpture has been exhibited at The Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh in 2015 and then for a three year exhibition at the following venues:
The Peoples’ Palace Museum Glasgow 2016-17
The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum Glasgow 2017-18
The Riverside Museum Glasgow 2018-19
For Sale and to be auctioned through Lyon and Turnbull Edinburgh on Wednesday 11th August 2021
FRANCE 1914 by Simon Burns-Cox
FRANCE 1914 by Simon Burns-Cox Riverside Museum Glasgow
Links
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- https://simonburnscox.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Herald-240316.pdf
- https://simonburnscox.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/Evening-Times-240316-1.pdf
- http://www.poppyscotland.org.uk/sculptures-reflecting-impact-of-war-on-display-at-scottish-parliament/
- http://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-times/20160324/282454233118475
- http://www.glasgowlife.org.uk/news/Pages/War-Sculpture-goes-on-display-at-People’s-Palace-in-support-of-PoppyScotland.aspx
- http://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-times/20160324/282454233118475
- http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/tfn-news/symbolic-art-work-remembers-the-fallen
- https://www.pressreader.com/uk/evening-times/20170406/281517930973697
- https://www.cobseo.org.uk/unique-sculpture-depicting-ww1-arrives-kelvingrove-museum/
- http://thesculpturewebsite.co.uk/simon-burns-cox-sculptor-and-letter-carver-edinburgh-c1094.html
- http://www.poppyscotland.org.uk/unique-sculpture-depicting-first-world-war-arrives-at-riverside-museum/
- https://www.forces.net/news/sculpture-marking-world-war-one-displayed-clyde
- https://beta.glasgowlife.org.uk/news/unique-sculpture-depicting-first-world-war-arrives-at-riverside-museum
https://cotswoldsculpturepark.co.uk/france-1914-by-simon-burns-cox-7000/
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