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.

Maquette 2011
Paper + card.
31 x 5.5 x 5.5 cm