Andrew Motion (b.1952)

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Born in London, Motion read English at University College, Oxford. His first collection, 'The Pleasure Steamers', was published in 1977. Further works include 'Dangerous Play: Poems 1974–1984', in 1984, which won the Mail on Sunday/John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and 'Natural Causes' from 1987, which won the Dylan Thomas Award. He is also the author of the prize-winning biographies 'The Lamberts: George, Constant and Kit', in 1986, and 'Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life' in 1993. Motion is a lyrical poet, who possesses what Philip Larkin called 'tender, sharp observation'. He was Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

Andrew Motion (b.1952)

Date

2000

Medium

wood

Measurements

H 46.2 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

6543

Acquisition method

purchased, 2000

Work type

Bust

Signature/marks description

reverse: signed in monogram

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