Striding Man Sculpture in Forecourt of William Penn School
STRIDING MAN SCULPTURE IN FORECOURT OF WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL, RED POST HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385809
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Striding Man Sculpture in Forecourt of William Penn School
- Statutory Address:
- STRIDING MAN SCULPTURE IN FORECOURT OF WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL, RED POST HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1385809
- Date first listed:
- 15-Apr-1998
- List Entry Name:
- Striding Man Sculpture in Forecourt of William Penn School
- Statutory Address 1:
- STRIDING MAN SCULPTURE IN FORECOURT OF WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL, RED POST HILL
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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- STRIDING MAN SCULPTURE IN FORECOURT OF WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL, RED POST HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Southwark (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ3291774693
Details
TQ3274
636-1/14/889
15/04/98
SOUTHWARK
RED POST HILL
(South West side)
"Striding Man" sculpture in forecourt of William Penn School
II
Sculpture. Commissioned 1959, installed 1962, sculptor Oliffe
Richmond. Bronze, six feet high on concrete plinth. A tall,
stooping figure that displays different qualities from
different angles, with its claw-like feet, knotted and
elongated legs, hunched back and heavy burden. The tension of
movement caught in stasis recalls Rodin's headless 'L'Homme
qui Marche', while the battered, vulnerable form and striated
surface is reminiscent of the work of Giacometti. Richmond
(1919-1977) came from Tasmania in 1948 and later worked for
Henry Moore before embarking on a teaching career. His work is
not well known, but this is one of the outstanding pieces
commissioned by the London County Council, the leading patron
of public art in the period 1945-65.
Listing NGR: TQ3291774693
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 471221
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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