Butler's competition project for a monument to "the unknown political prisoner" : abstraction and Cold War politics

Author

Burstow, Robert

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Art history. 1989, Num. 4, Vol. 12, 472-496, 22 ill.

ISSN

0141-6790

Abstract (en)

Discusses the sketches and modellos (working model in London, Tate Gallery), 1951-1957, for the projected sculpture which won the competition in 1953, sponsored by the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London. Deals also with Butler's patron, John Hay Whitney, for a planned erection of the monument in west Berlin. The project was abandoned in 1960.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Sculpture -- United Kingdom
• Great Britain
• 1900-2000
• Butler, Reg, 1913-1981
• Sculpture
• Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner
• Tate Britain||London (GBR)
• Patronage
• Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982
• United States
• Politics
• Commemorative monuments
• Competitions
• Institute of Contemporary Arts||London (GBR)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Sculpture -- Royaume-Uni
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1900-2000
• Butler, Reg, 1913-1981
• Sculpture
• Monument au prisonnier politique inconnu
• Tate Britain||London (GBR)
• Mécénat
• Whitney, John Hay, 1904-1982
• Etats-Unis
• Politique
• Monument commémoratif
• Concours
• Institute of Contemporary Arts||London (GBR)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19911001-00459062

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