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The Future - Hope and Compassion

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Author: Anthony McIntosh
Copyright for Photograph:

Creative Commons

Location

Street:Lyndhurst Road
Town:Worthing
Parish:Worthing
Council:Adur District Council
County:West Sussex
Postcode:BN11
Location on Google Map
Object setting:Inside building
Access is:Public
Location note:First Floor, East Wing, Worthing Hospital
In the AZ book:West Sussex
Page:171
Grid reference:J1
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.
Previous location:Unveiled at Worthing High School and subsequently moved

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Makers

Name : Walter Bailey
     Role:Sculptor

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General Information

Commissioned by: HSBC Invoice Finance (UK) Ltd; Worthing Borough Council
Commissioned also by: Worthing High School Family of Schools
Unveiling date:12/10/2000
Work is:Extant
Owner custodian:Worthing and Southlands Hospitals NHS Trust
Object listing:Not listed
Description:Standing female figure, armless and feature-less, thorax pierced with circular pattern

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Classification

Categories:Sculptural, Free Standing
Object type1:Sculpture
Subject type1:Figurative
     Subject subtype1:Standing

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Object Parts

Part 1:Sculpture
     Material:Charred Oak
     Height (cm):203

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Object Condition

Overall condition:Good
Risk assessment:No known risk
Condition 1 of type:Surface
     Condition 1: Abrasions, cracks, splits
     More details:Some cracks, particularly around the shoulders, where wood has dried out (an intentional effect?)
Date of on-site inspection:06/03/2008

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History

History:Millennium sculptures created by Walter Bailey and local school children. Carved from single oak tree using chainsaw. Unveiling at Worthing High School, South Farm Road. …’a celebration of the open heart’. ‘The collection of sculptures will eventually take pride of place in the children’s ward at Worthing Hospital.’
(Worthing Herald, October 12th, 2000, p.27 ‘King of the Chainsaw’)

-he stated that the sculpture was not one of a group and not intended for the children’s ward, but the new main entrance to the hospital, which was never built.
(Interview with Dr Roger Edwards, retired Consultant Anaesthetist (Worthing Art in Hospitals) 15/05/08)

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References

Source 1 :
     Title:Worthing Herald
     Type:Newspaper
     Page:27


Further information:
#http://www.walterbailey.co.uk/#
     Date accessed:10/06/2008

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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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