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Reference code
GB 891 DG-DG/5
Title
A black & white photograph inscribed on verso with "Malay Head, Dora Gordine, Town Hall, Singapore"
Date(s)
- [1931 - 1939] (Creation)
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A black & white photograph inscribed on verso in ink with "Malay Head, Dora Gordine, Town Hall, Singapore" There are also pencil annotations which seem to be calculations for including the photograph in a publication, and a request to the return the photograph to Hon. R. Hare, Dorich House, Kingston Vale, SW15. The Malay Head was sculpted from bronze by Dora Gordine in 1930-31, being exhibited at the Women's International Arts Club, Suffolk Street Galleries, London, in 1934, at the Royal Academy in May 1938 and at the Royal Glasgow institute in 1938 and again in 2006. It is in the Collections of the Former Parliament House, Singapore.
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Language of material
- English