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Creates ' Biggest Ever ' statue in his garden. Jack Bilbo , who once described his adventures in America's underworld in a book called ' I Carried a Gun for Al Capone ' and is now a busy artist and owner of a London art gallery , has completed with the aid of two friends , Sid and Bink Harris , what is believed to be the largest piece of sculpture ever created . The statue, representing a kneeling woman , is one solid piece of stone weighing 44,000 pounds. It is 16 feet high . The work done in secrecy at Mr Bilbo's home, 'Bilbo Bay' , Weybridge , Surrey , and now stands in his garden. In their spare time , Mr Bilbo and his friends have built a Museum of Modern Art in the grounds of the house. ' Devotion ' and another large sculpture , ' Life ' , together with Bilbo paintings will be shown there when it is opened on 6 Ocotber as a non-profit making permanent art exhibiton. "Devotion' and 'Life' - which is 7 feet 5 ins high and represents a strong, virile woman rising from the ruins of war - will afterwards tour to New York, Chicago and San Francisco and will be shown at the London World Fair in 1951. Photo shows: Jack Bilbo (right foreground) putting the finishing touches to his giant statue ' Devotion with Sid (left) and Bink Harris (above) ' in the garden of Bilbo Bay Weybridge , Surrey. 25 September 1946.

Creates ' Biggest Ever ' statue in his garden. Jack Bilbo , who once described his adventures in America's underworld in a book called ' I Carried a Gun for Al Capone ' and is now a busy artist and owner of a London art gallery , has completed with the aid of two friends , Sid and Bink Harris , what is believed to be the largest piece of sculpture ever created . The statue, representing a kneeling woman , is one solid piece of stone weighing 44,000 pounds. It is 16 feet high . The work done in secrecy at Mr Bilbo's home, 'Bilbo Bay' , Weybridge , Surrey , and now stands in his garden. In their spare time , Mr Bilbo and his friends have built a Museum of Modern Art in the grounds of the house. ' Devotion ' and another large sculpture , ' Life ' , together with Bilbo paintings will be shown there when it is opened on 6 Ocotber as a non-profit making permanent art exhibiton. "Devotion' and 'Life' - which is 7 feet 5 ins high and represents a strong, virile woman rising from the ruins of war - will afterwards tour to New York, Chicago and San Francisco and will be shown at the London World Fair in 1951. Photo shows: Jack Bilbo (right foreground) putting the finishing touches to his giant statue ' Devotion with Sid (left) and Bink Harris (above) ' in the garden of Bilbo Bay Weybridge , Surrey. 25 September 1946.
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Creates ' Biggest Ever ' statue in his garden. Jack Bilbo , who once described his adventures in America's underworld in a book called ' I Carried a Gun for Al Capone ' and is now a busy artist and owner of a London art gallery , has completed with the aid of two friends , Sid and Bink Harris , what is believed to be the largest piece of sculpture ever created . The statue, representing a kneeling woman , is one solid piece of stone weighing 44,000 pounds. It is 16 feet high . The work done in secrecy at Mr Bilbo's home, 'Bilbo Bay' , Weybridge , Surrey , and now stands in his garden. In their spare time , Mr Bilbo and his friends have built a Museum of Modern Art in the grounds of the house. ' Devotion ' and another large sculpture , ' Life ' , together with Bilbo paintings will be shown there when it is opened on 6 Ocotber as a non-profit making permanent art exhibiton. "Devotion' and 'Life' - which is 7 feet 5 ins high and represents a strong, virile woman rising from the ruins of war - will afterwards tour to New York, Chicago and San Francisco and will be shown at the London World Fair in 1951. Photo shows: Jack Bilbo (right foreground) putting the finishing touches to his giant statue ' Devotion with Sid (left) and Bink Harris (above) ' in the garden of Bilbo Bay Weybridge , Surrey. 25 September 1946
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