Fluke
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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 'Shangrila' Courtyard |
| 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 : | Walter Bailey |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Donated by Art for St. Richard’s |
| Construction period: | 1997 |
| Installation date: | 1997 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | The main piece, carved from a forked branch of an ancient oak that fell in the October 1987 gales, is surrounded by three smaller blocks of wood carved with a scroll motif and a circle of rough hewn rocks. The whole assemblage sits in the centre of concentric circles of small pebbles and slate that depict ripples in water. The central piece represents the tail/fluke of a whale as it dives into the depths of the sea. |
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Classification
| Categories: | Sculptural, Free Standing, Animal |
| Object type1: | Sculpture |
| Object type2: | Landscape |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Lanscaped area - ripples |
| Material: | Fused pebbles and slate |
| Width (cm): | 1060 |
| Depth (cm): | 1060 |
| Part 2: | The fluke |
| Material: | Carved oak |
| Height (cm): | 300 |
| Width (cm): | 130 |
| Depth (cm): | 65 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 28/07/2008 |
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History
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References
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Photographs
Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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