Sior Maschera (Masked Man)
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Location
Street: | Richmond Road |
Town: | Worthing |
Parish: | Worthing |
Council: | Adur District Council |
County: | West Sussex |
Postcode: | BN11 |
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Object setting: | Outside building |
and in: | Garden |
Access is: | Public |
Location note: | Sculpture Garden, Worthing Museum & Art Gallery, junction Richmond Road & Chapel Road |
In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
Page: | 171 |
Grid reference: | H2 |
The A-Z books used are A-Z East Sussex and A-Z West Sussex (Editions 1A 2005). Geographers' A-Z Map Company Ltd. Sevenoaks. | |
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Makers
Name : | Philip Jackson |
Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
Commissioned by: | Worthing Museum and Art Gallery |
Construction period: | c.1992 limited edition resin version of original bronze |
Installation date: | 1994 |
Work is: | Extant |
Owner custodian: | Worthing Museum and Art Gallery |
Object listing: | Not listed |
Description: | Standing cloaked figure with wing-shaped hat,in carnival costume, holding gilded mask in front of his face. |
Iconographical description: | Part of 'The Mask Series’ inspired by the Venetian Carnival |
Signatures: | Marked at the base:
no. 2/3 of limited edition 2/3 centre back of statue: P. Jackson |
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Classification
Categories: | Free Standing, Sculptural |
Object type1: | Sculpture |
Object type2: | Statue |
Subject type1: | Figurative |
Subject subtype1: | Standing |
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Object Parts
Part 1: | Statue |
Material: | Resin (GRP); gilded mask |
Height (cm): | 244 |
Width (cm): | 185 |
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Object Condition
Overall condition: | Good |
Risk assessment: | No known risk |
Condition 1 of type: | Surface |
Condition 1: | Bird guano |
More details: | Some slight staining. In 1995 Jamie Jackson (from Jackson Studios) cleaned and repaired cracks and waxed the front. Marked base no. 2/3 of limited edition |
Date of on-site inspection: | 06/11/2007 |
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History
History: | The original bronze version of the statue (1990, edition of 3) was on loan to the gallery during 1993-4; the resin version was purchased and substituted in 1994
(2 files, Worthing Museum & Art Gallery Accession number 1995/56. Gill Trayner (ed) Behind the Mask: News from Philip Jackson’s Studio, no.1, Winter 1995; no.4, Spring 1998; no. 5, Winter 1998/9. ‘A Haven of Quietude Opens’. Worthing Herald, Friday July 9th, 1993) |
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References
Source 1 : | |
Title: | 'News from Philip Jackson's Studio' |
Type: | Journal |
Author: | Trayner, Gill. (ed.) |
Volume: | 1,4&5 |
Publisher: | Philip Jackson Studio. |
Source 2 : | |
Title: | Worthing Herald |
Type: | Newspaper |
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons | Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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