Let My Blood be a Seed of Freedom

© the artist. Image credit: University of Edinburgh

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This sculpture is a tribute to Oscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, who was murdered in March 1980. It was created as part of the renaming of the Pollock Hall Development as Romero Place.

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Title

Let My Blood be a Seed of Freedom

Date

1992

Medium

glass-reinforced concrete & acrylic paint

Accession number

EU5212

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Oscar Romero Memorial Group and the University Chaplaincy (Gilbert Markus), with advice from Professor Duncan Macmillan of The Talbot Rice Centre

Work type

Sculpture

Signature/marks description

around the edge of the frame

Inscription description

around frame: let my blood be a seed of freedom and a sign that hope will soon be a reality

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