Spartacus
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Location
| Street: | Broyle Road |
| Town: | Chichester |
| Parish: | Chichester |
| Council: | Chichester District Council |
| County: | West Sussex |
| Postcode: | PO19 |
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| Object setting: | Outside building |
| Access is: | Public |
| Location note: | Outside the entrance to Chichester Festival Theatre |
| In the AZ book: | East Sussex |
| Page: | 140 |
| Grid reference: | C5 |
| 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
| Company/Group : | Meridian Bronze |
| Role: | Foundry |
| Name : | Tom Merrifield |
| Role: | Sculptor |
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General Information
| Commissioned by: | Chichester Festival Theatre |
| Construction period: | 1984 |
| Installation date: | 1988 |
| Work is: | Extant |
| Owner custodian: | Permanent loan to Chichester Festival Theatre by the artist |
| Object listing: | Not listed |
| Description: | A lifesize statue of a dancer in the role of Spartacus, on a pedestal resembling a rock. The figure is depicted with arms raised above the head and the left leg bent upwards at the knee. There is a chain depicted around the ankle of the right leg. |
| Signatures: | On the base, in script:
© T Merrifield 2/9 |
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Classification
| Categories: | Free Standing, Sculptural |
| Object type1: | Statue |
| Object type2: | Sculpture |
| Subject type1: | Figurative |
| Subject subtype1: | Full-length |
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Object Parts
| Part 1: | Statue |
| Material: | Bronze, patinated blue/green |
| Height (cm): | 240 |
| Width (cm): | 60 |
| Depth (cm): | 90 |
| Part 2: | Base |
| Material: | Bronze, patinated blue/green |
| Height (cm): | 83 |
| Width (cm): | 100 |
| Depth (cm): | 80 |
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Object Condition
| Overall condition: | Good |
| Risk assessment: | No known risk |
| Date of on-site inspection: | 01/05/2007 |
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History
| History: | The figure is of a dancer in the role of Spartacus, from the ballet by Khachaturian (1903 - 1978).
Inspired by the Bolshoi Ballet performance in London at the time. The presentation occurred following a chance meeting of Merrifield and John Gale, the then Director of the CFT, at a Health Farm. Merrifield's career as a dancer was terminated when he broke his leg. ('Chichester and the Arts: 1944-2004') |
| Hard archive file: | No |
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References
| Source 1 : | |
| Title: | 'Chichester and the Arts: 1944-2004' |
| Type: | Book |
| Author: | Foster, Paul (Ed.). |
| Date: | 00/00/2004 |
| Publisher: | University College Chichester. |
Further information: | |
| http://www.tommerrifield.co.uk/ | |
| http://www.cft.org.uk/ | |
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Photographs
Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
 Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |  Date: 01/05/2007 Author: Anthony McIntosh Copyright: Creative Commons |
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