Allies (sculpture)

Allies
Allies
	The sculpture in 2023
Location	51°30′38″N 0°08′33″W / 51.510443°N 0.142505°W;

Allies is a sculptural group comprising statues of Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, on Bond Street in London. It was sculpted by Lawrence Holofcener, who holds dual American-British citizenship.^[1]

Background

The sculpture of Roosevelt and Churchill was completed in 1990 at Holofcener's own expense. He was unable to find a buyer for the work until it was bought and presented by the Bond Street Association to the City of Westminster in 1995, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.^[2]

The statue was unveiled by Princess Margaret, and quickly became one of London's most popular statues among tourists, providing a place to be photographed between the two figures.^[3]

Maquettes

Holofcener would also produce a series of maquettes. Unusually creating them after the unveiling of the original, he studied his own statue on site to make the copies. One example was sold at Bonhams in 2013, and many others were placed in other areas of London.^[4]

References

↑ "Lawrence Holofcener, actor, lyricist and sculptor – obituary". The Telegraph. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2026.
↑ Baker, Margaret (2002). Discovering London Statues and Monuments. Discovering series (5th ed., revised and updated ed.). Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7478-0495-6.
↑ Matthews, Peter (2012). London's Statues and Monuments. Shire Library. Oxford; Long Island City, NY: Shire Publications. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-7478-0798-8.
↑ "'Allies' sculptor Lawrence Holofcener reveals how he sat in front of his own famous work to create maquettes". Camden New Journal. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

External links

Media related to Allies by Lawrence Holofcener (New Bond Street, London) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] "Lawrence Holofcener, actor, lyricist and sculptor – obituary". The Telegraph. 17 March 2017. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

[:2-2] Baker, Margaret (2002). Discovering London Statues and Monuments. Discovering series (5th ed., revised and updated ed.). Princes Risborough: Shire Publications. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-7478-0495-6.

[:0-3] Matthews, Peter (2012). London's Statues and Monuments. Shire Library. Oxford; Long Island City, NY: Shire Publications. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-7478-0798-8.

[4] "'Allies' sculptor Lawrence Holofcener reveals how he sat in front of his own famous work to create maquettes". Camden New Journal. Archived from the original on 15 July 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2026.

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Background

Maquettes

See also

References

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