Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Douglas, I can't recall who it was, It definitely was custom made for the house, it may as some of the other bits of glass around the hose do, have old pieces integrated in it. The trees trunks and the serpent look very different in style (more ecclesiastical) than other bits (more Picasso, Matisse etc) Look at it large and you will see. Things like the dove in the top right, and Eve herself. Peter On 14/06/2020 15:19, Douglas Barry wrote: > That is a quite excellent piece, Peter. > > I wonder was it made for a church or cathedral as part of a religious > progression on a theme, then rejected as being too louche, and installed > in your house. Could it be be Moira Forsythe who did glass work for > Guilford cathedral? Why don't you contact the V&A or some institution > like that to see if they can give any hints? Failing that you might look > at the chain of ownership for your house, contact former owners or > relatives of them and see when it was fitted. I recommend this on the > basis that you are retired :-) > > Douglas > who likes good stained glass too and is a fan of Harry Clarke and Evie Hone > > On 14/06/2020 12:14, Peter Dzwig wrote: >> I was asked by somebody after one of the LUG Zoom calls - are they still >> happening? - what the thing they could see in the background behind me >> was. >> >> This is the answer: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/PeterDzwig/FromLockdown/Temptation+of+Eve-1.jpg.html> >> >> >> We know it as "The Temptation of Eve". It's stained glass and was done >> by a local artist whose name we don't know. But they lived within about >> thirty miles or so we are told. >> >> We didn't commission it, but we were fortunate enough to inherit it as >> part of the house that we moved here, getting on for a couple of years >> ago now.? It's made up of a mixture of new and old - or renewed- glass >> and was made twenty to thirty years ago or more. >> >> Apologies to whoever I asked. I can't recall who it was or I would have >> replied directly some time ago. >> >> Regards, >> >> Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information -- Dr. Peter Dzwig