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Title
Memorial to the International Brigade
Date
1983–1985
Medium
bronze resin, reinforced concrete & South African ebony granite
Measurements
H 183 x W 138 x D 113 cm;
Plinth: H 122 x W 84 x D 90 cm
Accession number
SE1_VA_S023
Acquisition method
funded by The International Brigade Memorial Appeal
Work type
Statue
Owner
The South Bank Board
Custodian
The South Bank Board
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
5th October 1985
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
on read face, towards the bottom left: SCULPTOR + IAN WALTERS
Inscription description
inscriptions, cut into the stepped plinth and whitened; upper step, front face: INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE; lower step, front face: IN HONOUR OF OVER 2100 MEN & / WOMEN VOLUNTEERS WHO LEFT / THESE SHORES TO FIGHT SIDE / BY SIDE WITH THE SPANISH PEOPLE / IN THEIR HEROIC STRUGGLE / AGAINST FASCISM 1936-1939 / MANY WERE WOUNDED AND / MAIMED 526 WERE KILLED / THEIR EXAMPLE INSPIRED / THE WORLD; left face: “YET FREEDOM! YET THY BANNER, / TORN, BUT FLYING, STREAMS / LIKE THE THUNDER-STORM / AGAINST THE WIND”; right face: “THEY WENT BECAUSE THEIR / OPEN EYES / COULD SEE NO OTHER WAY”; rear face: THIS MEMORIAL UNVEILED BY / MICHAEL FOOT 5TH OCTOBER / 1985 WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY / THE SUPPORT OF MANY / DEMOCRATIC ORGANISATIONS / INDIVIDUALS AND THE / GREATER LONDON COUNCIL; then towards the bottom at the left: SCULPTOR + IAN WALTERS