Peter Laszio Peri's The Sunbathers was originally built for the Festival in Britain in 1951. It was then thought to be lost. In 2016 Historic England put out a request to help them find lost pieces of art work. The Sunbathers was discovered in a garden of a large hotel in Blackheath. The sculpture was restored and is currently displayed on a wall in Waterloo station.
A rather good and pleasing to the eye sculpture, and well done to that girl who found it.
ReplyDeleteI hope those sun bathers know they need to be wearing hats and sun tan cream on all the exposed bits.
ReplyDeleteNice to see art found and on show
ReplyDeleteIt's good they were found, cant' beleive they were in a garden, maybe they didn't know how important they were.
ReplyDeleteBrrrr. Good they were found and moved indoors for the winter! Maybe they will be moved to the seaside come spring. :-)
ReplyDeleteI got a laugh from Hels' comment.
ReplyDeleteAn unusual piece of artwork. It has quite an interesting life story :)
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That's a great backstory! It's nice that it was found and put where more people can see it. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting story ! They wandered naked into a garden stood there for a while and now they are hanging in Waterloo station (without mask !!)
ReplyDeleteLovely! Sculpture with an interesting history!
ReplyDeleteOh no. I missed that one when I went via Waterloo. Never mind I can catch it next time I am in London!
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice sculpture, I am pleased it was found and restored.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Love the backstory, glad it was found and restored. Couldn't help but think that I bet our right-wing conservatives (which is a too-polite description for what they really are) would have a fit if anyone tried to display it in an opoen public place here.
ReplyDeleteFascinating work by a man who started as a bricklayer and evolved into covering walls of buildings with his art instead.
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