Sitting_on_History_(1995)_by_Bill_Woodrow,_British_Library,_London,_UK_-_20061031.jpg
Summary
Bill Woodrow : English: Sitting on History. ( ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q476192
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Title |
English:
Sitting on History.
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Description |
English:
The sculpture
Sitting on History
(1995) by
Bill Woodrow
, located in the Entrance Hall of the
British Library
in London, England, UK. The work, with its
ball and chain
, refers to the book as the captor of information from which we cannot escape.
(The bust at the top left of the photograph is of Colin St John Wilson by Celia Scott (1998), which was a gift from The American Trust for the British Library.) |
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Date |
1995
date QS:P571,+1995-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
bronze
medium QS:P186,Q34095
.
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Dimensions | 100 × 150 × 200 cm (39.3 × 59 × 78.7 in). Weight: 428 kg (950.42 lb). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Collection | Creator:British Library | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current location | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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References | [1] (archived at [2] ). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | Own work ; photographed by Senra (John McCullough) on 31 October 2006, 15:45. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other versions | [3] . |
Camera location | 51° 31′ 45.99″ N, 0° 07′ 37.44″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 51.529441; -0.127067 |
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There is a discrepancy of 17580 meters between the above coordinates and the ones stored at SDC ( 51°31′46″N 0°7′37″E , precision: 5 m). Please reconcile them . |
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