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The Claim

Bronwyn Oliver created a sculpture titled "Palm Crown" using woven copper wire techniques.

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The Short Version

Available evidence does not support that Bronwyn Oliver made a sculpture titled “Palm Crown.” Reliable sources do confirm her use of woven copper wire and document palm-themed works such as “Palm Home” and “Palm,” but none identifies “Palm Crown.” The claim appears to combine a real aspect of her technique with an unsupported or mistaken title.

Caveats

  • The claim mixes a true general fact about Oliver’s copper-wire practice with an unverified specific title.
  • Closely related documented titles — especially “Palm” and “Palm Home” — suggest likely misremembering or conflation.
  • No authoritative collection record, exhibition checklist, or gallery archive in the evidence names a Bronwyn Oliver work called “Palm Crown.”

The Receipts

  1. Bronwyn Oliver collection works search

    Art Gallery of New South Wales

  2. Search results for Bronwyn Oliver

    National Gallery of Victoria

  3. Bronwyn Oliver: Objects From Another Time, 1989

    Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

  4. Bronwyn Oliver

    Art Gallery of New South Wales

  5. Bronwyn Oliver: Sydney Sculpture Walk, 1999

    Roslyn Oxley9 Gallery

  6. FLOW, 2002 | Deutscher and Hackett

    Deutscher and Hackett

  7. Copper Wire Weaves and Spirals into Organic Sculptural Forms by the Late Artist Bronwyn Oliver

    Colossal

  8. Bronwyn Oliver | A life in art

    Artist Profile

  9. Another New England artist – Bronwyn Oliver (Gum Flat via Inverell)

    New England, Australia Blogspot

  10. The Shadows Within – Bronwyn Oliver

    Southern Wild Co

+ 4 more sources — see the full list on Lenz

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