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Competition for a statue for the Central Library, New Malden, 1939

Start Date: 1939

Type: Competition

Description: The Royal Society of British Sculptors were asked to nominate a sculptor to execute a work for the new Central Library in New Malden.

Organizing Institution or Venue

Included members of Royal Society of British Sculptors

Participants

Participant Thomas Mewburn Crook
1939
Crook received the highest number of votes from the Council, and was awarded the commission.

Sources

Royal Society of British Sculptors. Annual Report of the Council, with Accounts for the Year Ending 31 December 1939, to be Presented at the Thirty-Sixth Ordinary General Meeting, 1940
March 1940
p. 10

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'Competition for a statue for the Central Library, New Malden, 1939', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/event.php?id=msib4_1273158384, accessed 29 May 2023]

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Competition for a statue for the Central Library, New Malden, 1939

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