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London Pride (sculpture)

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Type
  
Sculpture

Location
  
London, United Kingdom

Created
  
1951

Year
  
1951 (cast c.1987)

Medium
  
Bronze

Artist
  
Frank Dobson

Material
  
Bronze sculpture

London Pride (sculpture)

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London Pride is a sculpture by the British artist Frank Dobson located on Queen's Walk on London's South Bank. The sculpture was given Grade II listed status in January 2016. The sculpture depicts two nude women, it sits on a slate platform, with an inscription carved by David Kindersley in front of the piece that reads:

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'LONDON PRIDE / FRANK DOBSON CBE RA / 1886–1963 / Commissioned for / THE FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 1951 / GIVEN BY MARY DOBSON 1987 / AND PLACED ON THE SOUTH BANK / Assisted generously by Lynton Property & Revisionary Plc and / The Henry Moore Foundation / ARTS COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN'.

London pride 2011 the light at the end of a dirty tunnel


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London Pride (sculpture) Wikipedia