Hand Study for Piper Alpha Memorial
Artist
Sue Jane Taylor
(Dingwall, Scotland, born 1960)
AssociatedAssociated with
Piper Alpha
Date1990
Object NameMaquette
Mediumplaster
ClassificationsSculptures
Dimensions10.7 x 7.5 x 27cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 2002.
Copyright© Sue Jane Taylor (2018)
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG013168.1
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In 1988 an explosion on the Piper Alpha oil platform killed 167 men. Sue Jane Taylor’s sculpture dedicated to those that lost their lives in the disaster stands in the Piper Alpha Memorial Garden in Hazlehead Park.