Langlands & Bell

Kendrew's Milestone

2011


Kendrew Quadrangle, St Johns College, Oxford


Carrara marble, lead inlay, resin inlay, stainless steel

312.5 x 55.2 x 55.2 cm
 

The linear design of lead inlay in the marble surface of the sculpture 'maps' the structure of the molecular protein Myoglobin revealed by Nobel Prize winner Sir John Kendrew in 1957.