THOMAS HUXLEY (1929-2024) A automaton titled The Twelve Days...

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THOMAS HUXLEY (1929-2024)
A automaton titled The Twelve Days of Christmas, produced for the 1993 exhibition at the Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh, together with another framed piece depicting a potter at the wheel (2)

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seven out of the twelve windows seem to move. Do not know whether the others should move.

The smaller piece has a hand written label on the back signed by Thomas Huxley, but neither of the works are signed.

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