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==Marc Quinn sculpture== [[File:Alison Lapper Pregnant Paralympics opening ceremony.jpg|thumb|A giant replica of the sculpture in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony]]]] Lapper was the subject of [[Marc Quinn]]'s sculpture, ''Alison Lapper Pregnant''.<ref name="Lapper-2005"/> Initially she refused to pose for him, unsure of the manner in which he intended to depict disability. She wanted to be sure his perspective was not one of pity. Quinn observed that ancient statues whose limbs had fallen off were now often highly regarded. His aim was to create equally beautiful representations of bodies born naturally in that way. When he phoned again a few months later, Lapper informed him she was now seven months [[pregnant]]. His reply was, "That's even better!" In November 1999, Lapper went to Quinn's studio to have a cast made.<ref name="Lapper-2005"/> The sculpture is made of [[Carrara]] [[marble]]. It occupied the [[Fourth plinth, Trafalgar Square|fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square]] between September 2005 and late 2007.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marc Quinn: ''Alison Lapper Pregnant'' |url=http://www.london.gov.uk/fourthplinth/commissions/marc-quinn |work=Fourth Plinth |publisher=Greater London Authority |access-date=8 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426125355/http://www.london.gov.uk/fourthplinth/commissions/marc-quinn |archive-date=26 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hart |first=Christopher |date=25 September 2005 |title=Review: My Life in My Hands by Alison Lapper with Guy Feldman |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/biography/article568942.ece |work=Times Online |location=London |access-date=5 May 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Lyall |first=Sarah |date=10 October 2005 |title=In Trafalgar Square, Much Ado About Statuary |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/10/arts/design/10traf.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=5 May 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Higgins |first=Charlotte |date=16 September 2005 |title=Sculpture's unveiling is pregnant with meaning |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk_news/story/0,,1571296,00.html |work=The Guardian|location=London |access-date=13 February 2012}}</ref> A large replica featured in the [[2012 Summer Paralympics opening ceremony]].
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