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

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