Manual Ref* NFnrNOR124 Show 4 images 580
Title*

One For Bristol
County Norfolk   District Council Norwich 
Civil Parish or equivalent Norwich  Town/Village* Norwich - UEA 
Road University of East Anglia, Suffolk Road 
Precise Location Near the Music Department and Suffolk Terrace 
OS Grid Ref TG196075  Postcode NR4 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Open parkland on the university campus  Access Private 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
John Hoskin  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Made for the exhibition 'New British Sculpture' at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol 

Design & Constrn period

 1968 

Date of installing

 1996 

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type: Abstract

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Frame  Painted Steel  H 250 cm x L 347 cm x W 84 cm 
Four sheets  Aluminium  H 45 cm x L 442 cm x W 74 cm 
Plinth  Concrete  H 45 cm x L 442 cm x W 74 cm 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 University of East Anglia (posthumous gift of the artist's family supported by Norfolk Contemporary Art Society) 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail: Before restoration in 2010-11 the blue paint was scratched and peeling at the base revealing rust damage

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions Top of each of the four aluminium sheets: Top/Top/Top/Top; Base of each sheet: A/B/C/D 

Description (physical)

 Large abstract sculpture comprised of four rectangular aluminium sheets, mounted at an angle in a parallel arrangement between two blue-painted steel supports on a wedge-shaped concrete base. The siting, at an angle to the Music Centre, offers the major viewpoint from the path leading through to the University Plain, which emphasizes the debt to Anthony Caro in the geometry of the blue painted steel frame, to which Hoskin adds his own personal note in the aluminum panels. 

Description (iconographical)

 The title One for Bristol refers to its exhibition in the group show at the Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol. The siting of the piece near Suffolk Terrace was agreed by the family with the then Vice-Chancellor, Elizabeth Estève-Coll, since the sculptor's daughter had previously had stayed there. 

Photographs

 Date taken: 
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  26/11/2006

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 Information from John Broadbent 21-Sep-07; World Art Collections Exhibitions, John Hoskin, One for Bristol, April 2011 

Database

 Date entered:  5/4/2011

Data inputter:
David Hulks and Richard Cocke