Just outside Richmond Park is the Dorich House Museum, former studio home of 20th century sculptress Dora Gordine. Built in 1936 to Gordine's design, it houses her work and a collection of Russian art she acquired. Originally from Latvia, Dora came to London in the late 1920s and by the late 1930s was hailed as "possibly the finest woman sculptor in the world".
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| Dora & her husband on the roof of Dorich House shortly after its completion in the 1930s |
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| Dora at work |
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| Dora positioning her model |
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| Dora and her model |
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| "Pagan" |
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| "Power" |
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| Prince Philip unveiling Dora Gordine's "Power" in 1960 |
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| Studio space |
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| Dora at work, 1955 |
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| Upper floor rooms where Dora and her husband, Richard Hare, lived. |
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| Russian pieces |
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| Russian Easter eggs |
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| Roof deck |
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| Dorich House |
Being entertained from the comfort of my couch with a history lesson.
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