A 1965 memorial bust of John F. Kennedy by Jacques Lipchitz stands in the lobby of International Students House on Great Portland Street in London, England,"John F Kennedy Memorial At International Students House", ISH website, 5 April 2019. (Web page includes a short video of the 1965 unveiling by Robert Kennedy.) and is visible from the outside through the glass doors. It was moved there in April 2019 from its original location on the Marylebone Road, to the west of Great Portland Street underground station, after it was vandalised in 2017."London’s JFK statue – update" at Hyde Park Now website, undated.
Description and history The bronze bust was unveiled on 15 May 1965 by the subject's brother, Robert F. Kennedy. It was originally set on a pedestal of polished black granite.
An adjacent plaque read:
It is now on a new plinth. The old plinth remains in place, and bears a sign giving directions to the new location nearby.
The bust is a unique cast, but another bust of Kennedy by Lipchitz was installed on 11 November 1965 in Military Park, Newark, New Jersey, United States.
See also
1965 in art List of memorials to John F. Kennedy List of sculptures of presidents of the United States Cultural depictions of John F. Kennedy
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