Lot Essay
Sandle was commissioned in 1985 to create a memorial to George Orwell in Wigan but it was not completed.
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Orwell Memorial I
Details
Michael Sandle (B.1936)
Orwell Memorial I
signed and numbered 'Michael Sandle 1/6' (on the side) and inscribed '1984/THE POSSIBILITY OF/ENFORCING NOT/ONLY THE COMPLETE/OBEDIENCE TO THE/WILL OF THE STATE/BUT COMPLETE UNI-/FORMITY OF OPINION/ON ALL SUBJECTS/NOW EXISTS FOR/THE FISRT TIME/GEORGE ORWELL' (on the front)
bronze with green patina
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
Orwell Memorial I
signed and numbered 'Michael Sandle 1/6' (on the side) and inscribed '1984/THE POSSIBILITY OF/ENFORCING NOT/ONLY THE COMPLETE/OBEDIENCE TO THE/WILL OF THE STATE/BUT COMPLETE UNI-/FORMITY OF OPINION/ON ALL SUBJECTS/NOW EXISTS FOR/THE FISRT TIME/GEORGE ORWELL' (on the front)
bronze with green patina
13½in. (34.3cm.) high
Exhibited
London, Fischer Fine Art, Michael Sandle Recent Drawings and Bronzes, May - June 1985, no.6
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