Bookend
Elizabeth Goldfinger
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
1950 - 1955
Materials
Wood, cast iron
Measurements
195 x 114 x 130 mm
Place of origin
Great Britain
Order this imageCollection
2 Willow Road, London
NT 112681.1
Summary
One of a pair of wooden bookends, made at school by Elizabeth Goldfinger (born 1936). L-shaped with arch-topped uprights and rectangular bases, fitted together with mortice and tenon joints. On the base is mounted a small cast iron sculpted head, with a thin neck and high forehead.
Provenance
Owned by Ernö Goldfinger and Ursula Ruth Blackwell, also known as Mrs Ernö Goldfinger. Purchased by the National Trust in 1994.
Credit line
National Trust Collections (2 Willow Road, The Ernő Goldfinger Collection)
Makers and roles
Elizabeth Goldfinger, maker