Loan (Exhibition)
Martin-Gropius-Bau, 26 September 2016 to 8 January 2017, +ultra gestaltung schafft wissen
Event Date
Author: maa

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Loan (Exhibition)
Nasher Sculpture Gallery, late January to late April 2018, First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone
Event Date
Author: maa

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Context (Field collection)
According to Kenneth Oakley's article, this handaxe was collected in 1911
Event Date 1911
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Oakley, Kenneth P. (March 1973). 'Fossil shell observed by Acheulian man’ [Notes and News]. Antiquity, vol. 47 issue. 185. pp 59-60.
Event Date 3/1973
Author: Sarah-Jane Harknett

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Context (References)
?Pfeiffer, J. (1982). The Creative Explosion: an inquiry into the origins of art and religion. Harper and Row: New York.
Event Date 1982
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Description (Physical description)
Contains a fossil shell, located centrally on one face, identified as the Cretaceous bivalve mollusc Spondylus spinosus (J.Sowerby)
Event Date 1/4/1991
Author: maa

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Context (References)
Feliks, J. (1998). 'The impact of fossils on the development of visual representation'. Rock Art Research vol. 15. p. 109-134
Event Date 1998
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
'Image to be published in Palmer, D. 2003 Fossil Revolution (Harper Collins), also said to have been published by Paul Bahn in ?1994. 25/10/2002 - S. Webb'
Event Date 25/10/2002
Author: maa

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Context (References)
?Palmer, Douglas. (2003). Fossil revolution: the finds that changed our view of the past. Harper Collins: London.
Event Date 2003
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (Display)
Exhibited in 'Eiszeit - Kunst und Kulter' (Ice Age - Art and Culture) at the Kunstgebaude Stuttgart, Germany in September 2009 to January 2010. See accompanying catalogue.
Event Date 9/2009
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Amendments / updates)
Period originally given as 'Neolithic' but Sophie Archambault de Baun of the Universite Jean Moulin identified it as an Acheulean biface in November 2010 and Period was updated accordingly.
Event Date 3/12/2010
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Cleveland, Cutler J. (Ed). 2013. The Encyclopedia of Energy. 'A Chronology of Energy and Art-Related Developments' by Christina Hemauer and Roman Keller. Vol. 6. Elsevier: Boston.
Event Date 2013
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Bredekamp, H. (2014). 'Hohlenausgange'. In H. Parzinger, S. Aue G. Stock (eds.), 'ArteFakte: Wissen ist Kunst - Kunst ist Wissen'. Transcript Verlag. pp. 50-51, Fig. 17.
Event Date 2014
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Doll, N., Bredekamp, H. and W. Schaffner. (2016). '+ultra gestaltung schafft wissen'. Berlin: Seemann Henschel. pp. 130-131
Event Date 2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Display)
Exhibited in '+ultra gestaltung schafft wissen' at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin. 30 September 2016 - 8 January 2017.
Event Date 30/9/2016
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Berlant, Tony and Wynn, Thomas. (2018). First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone. Dallas: Nasher Sculpture Gallery. p. 108 (no. 37), illustrated.
Event Date 2018
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (Display)
Exhibited in First Sculpture: Handaxe to Figure Stone, Nasher Sculpture Gallery, Dallas, Texas. 27 January - 28 April 2018.
Event Date 27/1/2018
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Context (References)
Akiyama, Akira, et al. (forthcoming - 2021). The History of Western Art. Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd. (illustrated)
Event Date 2021
Author: Imogen Gunn

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Context (References)
Delley, Geraldine. (2021). Des Choses. Une archeologie des cas a part. Latenium: Hauterive. p. 29.
Event Date 2021
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Loan (Exhibition)
Laténium parc et musée d’archéologie de Neuchâtel, 27/05/2021 to 10/01/2022, Des Choses
Event Date 27/5/2021
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Turner, Pamela S. (2022). How to build a human: in seven evolutionary steps. USA: Charlesbridge Publishing. p. 90
Event Date 2022
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

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Loan (Exhibition)
The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture, 01/10/2022 to 31/01/2023, The Origins of Culture
Event Date 1/10/2022
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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Context (References)
Galanidou, N., Berlant, T., and Wynn, T. (eds.). 2023. 'The Origins of Sculpture; Archaeological Finds from the Old World and Lesbos 2.5 Million to 50,000 Years Before Present'. Catalog 52. p. 192.
Event Date 2023
Author: Lily Stancliffe

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Conservation (Assessment Only)
CON.2023.5729 | Assessment Only
Event Date 15/6/2023
Author: Kirstie French

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Context (References)
Boyd, Stephanie. (2024 - forthcoming). The Story of Cambridge. 2nd edition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Event Date 2024
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)