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6 March 2024

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The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals (Part I)

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№ 437

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6 March 2024

Hammer Price:
£100

Wood, Robert (British, 1957-present); b. Toronto, moved to United Kingdom by 1965, then to Denmark 2012

ENGLAND, Past and Present, 2001, two magnetic bronze and steel medals by R. Wood [the artist] for the British Art Medal Society, the work incorporating a set of 21 cut-out steel parts in a variety of geometric and floral forms, one side of each of the medals bearing an English translation of a quotation from Marcel Proust’s À la recherche du temps perdu, medals each 78mm, total wt. 347.59g (Attwood 156; The Medal 39, pp.120-1) [23]. About extremely fine and complete £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Silich Collection of Historical and Art Medals.

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