University of Northumbria, aluminium relief

HER Number:
10912

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
University of Northumbria, aluminium relief

Place:
Newcastle

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:
Commemorative Monument

Site Type: Specific:
Wall Monument

General Period:
20TH CENTURY

Specific Period:
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1981 by Austen Wright. An aluminium abstract relief situated on a wall of the Squires Building. Austen Wright taught sculpture at the University of Newcastle. The relief cost around £5000.

Easting:
425120

Northing:
564940

Grid Reference:
NZ425120564940

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 77; Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 146