LIN SPROULE: a unique 18 carat gold vari-coloured gold grass and reed sculpture London 2022, the central reed also stamped with the commemorative Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee mark With three reed stems, applied with red gold fluorescence's and a single grass stem with green gold seed head, one reed stem with a butterfly issuing from the side, the stems gently sway issuing from a natural stone base, with a small grass protruding, height 38cm. Footnotes: LIN SPROULE This work follows on from her flower and grasses which have been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum. In addition, Sproule's work is housed in various collections in England and New York. Five grasses are included in the Goldsmiths' Hall Collection and are illustrated in the publication Treasures of the 20th Century, exhibition catalogue, 2000. page 100. A unique Buttercup sculpture originally exhibited at Goldsmith's Hall, Gold, Power and Allure in London 2012 sold in these rooms in 2013. Lin Sproule trained in painting and drawing at Colchester School of Art, and jewellery at The Central School of Arts and Crafts and The Royal College of Art, where she received a First Class Honours and a Silver Medal. Sproule has worked in London and New York, where she exhibited at MOMA. She was at the Slade School of Art for three years as the guest student of Ron Bowen, where she studied life painting and drawing. Notable commissions include an 18 carat gold tiara for Norman Parkinson to photograph on occasion of H.R.H Princess Anne's 21st birthday, two large murals for John Aspinall's club in Curzon Street, London, as well as gold grasses, which are in the collection at Goldsmiths' Hall, London. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing