The Watchers (sculpture)
| The Watchers | |
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 A casting of The Watchers in Lypiatt Park | |
| Artist | Lynn Chadwick |
| Year | 1960 |
| Medium | Bronze sculpture |
| Location | Various |
The Watchers is a 1960 bronze sculpture by the British sculptor Lynn Chadwick depicting three abstracted figures. Multiple castings were made from this mould.[1][2] One of these castings is installed in the San Diego Museum of Art's May S. Marcy Sculpture Garden, in the U.S. state of California.[3][4] The work was given to the SDMA by Jacquelyn Littlefield in 2002.[3]
Another casting was installed at Roehampton University in London, but one of the three figures was stolen in 2006.[5] This was part of a series of thefts of large public art in the United Kingdom, possibly to be sold as scrap metal.[6][7] Another casting may also be found at Loughborough University.
See also[]
- 1960 in art
- List of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth
- Bull (by Robert Clatworthy), another sculpture on the Alton Estate, London
References[]
- ^ "Alton West Estate, Roehampton, London: Lynn Chadwick's sculpture 'The Watchers' with the point blocks beyond | RIBA". RIBApix. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ "PMSA". www.pmsa.org.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-12-07. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ a b "The Watchers". San Diego Museum of Art. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
- ^ Gaugh, Catherine. "At SDMA, a move from the vault to the open air". sandiegouniontribune.com. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ Staff; agencies (2006-01-24). "Second bronze sculpture stolen". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ "Exhibition, Database to Aid Search for Missing Public Art in England". ArtfixDaily. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
- ^ "Historic England on a quest to uncover stolen sculpture The Watchers by Stroud's Lynn Chadwick". Stroud News and Journal. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
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