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Maquette for Hermes
Chattaway, William (1927-2019)
1960
Maquette for 'Hermes', public artwork on exterior of Roger Stevens Building, University of Leeds campus. 'Hermes' was originally commissioned from the sculptor in 1958 by the Midland Bank Overseas Bra...
untitled / ('A Celebration of Engineering Sciences')
Dearnley of D.& A. Models, Chiswick (after a design by Allan Johnson); Johnson, Allan - Lanchester & Lodge
1962
Allan Johnson was an architect by profession who worked for Lanchester & Lodge, a London practice with a long association with the University of Leeds. During the 1950s he worked on the Man-Made Fibre...
Sculpture for Charles Morris Hall
Boden, Neville (1929-1996)
1969
Neville Boden was Gregory Fellow in Sculpture (1965-1968); this piece was originally designed for Charles Morris Hall Common Room, and there is a watercolour and a maquette relating to it in the Art C...
Texta Texens
Lawty, Sue (1954-); Jones, Dan; Mort, Helen
2016
Commissioned to celebrate the ‘Yorkshire Year of the Textile’ on campus in 2016, Sue Lawty’s Texta Texens is located in the walkway outside the Clotherworkers’ South Building. It develops a di...
Man-Made Fibres
Mitzi Cunliffe
1954-1956
The American sculptor Mitzi Cunliffe (née Solomon) was born in New York and is renowned for having designed the famous theatrical mask for the BAFTA award. Cunliffe was active as a designer of jewel...
Figures: Flamborough Head Part 1
Wright, Austin (1911-1997)
1962
This sculpture was commissioned for the Michael Sadler Building during Wright’s tenure as Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the University. It was moved in 2009 due to building work and relocated to th...
Figures: Flamborough Head Part 2
Wright, Austin (1911-1997)
1962
This sculpture was commissioned for the Michael Sadler Building during Wright’s tenure as Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the University. It was moved in 2009 due to building work and relocated to th...
Converse Column
2019
'Converse Column' is a nine metre high, two and a half metre diameter revolving ‘Poemdrum’ commissioned for the NEXUS building within the University of Leeds campus, using light, motion and langua...
A Spire
Fujiwara, Simon (1982-)
2015
Cast jesmonite with coal, copper and rust particles on aluminium frames supported by a steel structural framework. The British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara was born in London and grew up in Cornwal...
Standing Female Figure (Japanese Girl)
Butler, Reginald (1913-1981)
1966
From 1950 to 1953, Butler was the first Gregory Fellow in Sculpture. In the 1930s, he had trained and worked as an architect, and taught at the Architectural Association. During World War II he worked...