VITRIOL, 1985

VITRIOL, 1985

(Visita Interiorem Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem)

Travertine ciment fodu with oxides and gold leaf

Private collection Sweden

Exhibition 'Inside the Magic Flute'

Palazzo Permanente, Milan

Study for Etruscan, 1985

Study for Etruscan, 1985

Graphite and chalk on paper

75.7 cm x 50.6 cm

Tate Collection


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Study for Etruscan, 1985

Study for Etruscan, 1985

Graphite and chalk on paper

75.7 cm x 50.6 cm

Tate Collection


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Palanzana, 1984

Palanzana, 1984

Peperino stone

300 x 150 x 140 cm

John Moores University

This photo shows Palanzana installed at the Liverpool International Garden Festival. 

Stephen Cox with Palanzana maquettes and sculpture


ATYEO, 1985-7

Red Verona marble

250 x 100 x 100 cm

Baltic Wharf Bristol

A transitional piece perhaps: named after boyhood hero for a commission for Bristol the maquette made during an early trip to South India and carved at the Polleti and Ghio studios in Carrara, Italy.

Etruscan II, 1986

Black Indian granite with oil and lamps

150 x 480 x 30 cm

Private Collection, Italy

Annunciation, 1986-7

Annunciation, 1986-7

Black Indian Granite with Oil, 2 Elements

400 x 200 x 100 cm (158 x 79 x 39 1/2 inches)

Private Collection, Stockholm

Conjunction, 1987

Conjunction, 1987

Dolerite/basalt

186x60x60cm including base

‘Conjunction' is the coming together of male and female as in the genesis theme in the Ardhanarishvara form of Siva, the cosmic and the temporal.


Studies for Conjunction, 1987, graphite