Flying figure (actual title unknown)
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Location
| Street: | Spitalfield Lane |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 6SE |
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| Object setting: | Inside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | St. Richard's Hospital, in the courtyard garden of the Women and Childrens Unit |
| In the AZ book: | West Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | D5 |
| 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 : | Unknown |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A male figure depicted as flying on its side and facing east in the courtyard garden. The right arm is extended upwards and the left downwards and disappearing into the integral base. The figure is made of fibreglass or resin but is treated in such a way that it resembles rusted iron or steel. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Full-length |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Figure |
| Material: | Fibreglass made to look like rusted steel |
| Height (cm): | 295 |
| Width (cm): | 235 |
| Depth (cm): | 115 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Condition 1 of type: | Structural |
| Condition 1: | Cracks, splits, breaks, holes |
| More details: | Hole in the integral base in line with the figure’s chest. |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
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