Model for 'bomb dive' Accession Number: ART27985

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'Bomb Dive' attempts to express the tense vibrant moment of an aircraft hurtling and screaming downward. This is a model for a much larger composition of beaten and welded copper. In the artist's words,

"The suggestion of an aircraft cockpit is somewhat like that of a Kittyhawk but I have not made it specifically so."

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Accession Number
ART27985
Classification
Art
Object Type
Sculpture
Physical Description
Medium: plaster and metal on a wooden base
Measurement
Overall: 55.88 cm x 29.21 cm x 15.24 cm
Medium
plaster and metal on a wooden base
Date Made
1967
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Acquired under commission 1968
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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