Brain - Hay Hill - Norwich, Norfolk
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The realistic marble brain forms part of a piece titled 'Homage to Thomas Browne' - which features a marble eye and brain and various seats and benches which have been located in front of his statue on Hay Hill, Norwich.
Waymark Code: WMQQJK
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/19/2016
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Norwich City Council commissioned the artists Anne and Patrick Poirier to produce a 'Homage to Thomas Browne' in 2005 to mark the quatercentenary of his birth - the piece features a marble eye and brain and various seats and benches which have been located in front of his statue. Of these pieces, the brain is quite realistic.
Title: Homage to Sir Thomas Browne
Artist: Anne and Patrick Poirier
Placement Date: 03/07/2007
Website: [Web Link]
Type of Object: Brain
Location: Hay Hill, Norwich
Material: Arabescato marble, not polished but stippled
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