List of public art in Harlow

This is a list of public art in Harlow in Essex, including statues, busts and other memorials. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, artworks in museums.

Town Centre
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Meat Porters Market Square 1959Ralph Brown SculptureBronze1.8m high Grade II Cast at the Corinthian Bronze Factory.[1][2][3][4]
Trigon Broad Walk 1961Lynn Chadwick SculptureBronze2.3m high [1][3][4][5]
Obelisk Broad Walk 1980Sir Frederick Gibberd ObeliskConcrete faced in Portland stone762cm high [1]
The Philosopher College Square 1961/ 1962Keith Godwin SculptureFibreglass163 x 76 x 68cm [1]
Ripple Square at top of Water Gardens 2004Diane Maclean Three columnsColoured stainless steel8m high [1]
Portrait Figure West Walk, off Westgate 1956F. E. McWilliam SculptureBronze1.8m high Grade II Modelled by Elisabeth Frink while a student.[1][6][4]
Vertex Broad Walk 1979Paul Mason SculptureCarrara marble76 x 76 x 213cm high [1]

More images		 Family Group Entrance lobby to Civic Centre 1954Henry Moore SculptureHadene stone1.7m high [1][7][3][4][5]
Returning from Work External wall by entrance to Central Library UnknownHeinz Muller Relief sculptureBronze0.5m high [1][4]
Julia The Playhouse, Town Centre 1995Gerda Rubinstein StatueBronze85 x 35 x 22cm high [1][8]
Ghost in the Machine Rear of The Playhouse, Town Centre 2013Tony Stallard Display panelSteel and neon7 x 2 x 0.05m [1]
Still Life Westgate 1985Fred Watson SculptureSpringwell stone193 x 206 x 127cm [1]
Chief Opposite the Playhouse 2010Nick Turvey SculptureCorten steel [9]

Water Gardens
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Eve Water Gardens 1882Auguste Rodin StatueBronze1.7m high [1][10][3][4]
Upright Motive No. 2 Water Gardens 1955-56Henry Moore SculptureBronze3.3m high [1][7][4]
Relief External wall of sports shop by Water Gardens 1963William Mitchell Sculptural reliefConcrete150 x 1083 x 10cm [1][3]
Heraldic panel External wall of supermarket by Water Gardens 1961William Mitchell Sculptural reliefConcrete150 x 1083 x 10cm [1]

More images		 Seven lion head reliefs Water Gardens 1963William Mitchell Reliefs and mosaicsConcrete and pigmented resins120 x 240 x 10cm [1][11][3]
Wild boar Water Gardens 1970Elisabeth Frink SculptureBronze0.9m high Grade II Originally in concrete, re-cast in bronze.[1][12][8][4]
Bird Water Gardens 1985Hebe Comerfield SculptureBronze [1][8]

North Harlow
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Sophrosyne The Chase, Newhall 2010Ekkehard Altenburgher SculptureNorwegian Larvikite [1]
Solo Flight First Avenue, Felmongers 1982Antanas Braždys SculptureStainless steel [1]
Sheep Shearer Adjacent to tenants common room in Momples Road, Ladyshot 1965Ralph Brown SculptureBronze on a brick plinth0.7m high Grade II [1][13][3][4]
New Town Florence Nightingale Medical Centre, Church Langley 2009Nicola Burrell Sculpture [1][8]
Chinese Dynamic Tesco car park, Church Langley 1992, installed 1994John Mills SculptureBronze270 x 270 x 100cm [1]
Kore High Street, Old Harlow 1963Betty Rea StatueBronze1.5cm high [1][8][4]
Screen Newhall Project Space 1999Gerda Rubinstein SculptureBronze46 x 152cm [1]
Methuselah Great Auger Street, Newhall 2010Nick Turrey SculptureSteel [1]

Harlow Museum grounds
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Well Head Grounds of Harlow Museum 1989Jane Ackroyd SculptureWelded steel [1]
Stone seat Grounds of Harlow Museum 1957Ernest Adsetts Decorated benchPortland stone0.6m high [1][4]
Metal Sculpture Grounds of Harlow Museum 1965Antanas Braždys SculpturePainted, welded mild steel [1][4]
Sun Dial Grounds of Harlow Museum 1984Nathan David Sun dialBronze, brass and stainless steel [1]
The Flame Grounds of Harlow Museum 2008Angela Godfrey SculpturePortland stone155cm high [1][8]
Torsos Grounds of Harlow Museim 1955Karel Vogel SculptureCiment fondu1.0m [1][4]

St John's Arts and Recreation Centre
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Wrestlers St John's Arts and Recreation Centre, St John's ARC 1957Sally Doig SculptureCiment fondu1.3m [1][8][3][4]
We are the music makers St John's ARC 2006Angela Godfrey Carved panelLime wood133cm high [1]
Chorus St John's ARC 1990Lee Grandjean SculptureIroko wood250 x 70cm [1]
Help! St John's ARC 1976F. E. McWilliam SculptureBronze on a brick plinth Grade II [1][14][4]

South Harlow
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Shenzou Addison House Courtyard 2008Simon Pickard SculptureStainless steel [1]
Butterfly Newstead Way 2008Madeline Allen SculptureStainless steel [1][8]
Organic Form Newstead Way 2008Michael Austin SculptureBronze casting [1]
Energise Leisurezone car park 2010Claire Bigger SculptureStainless steel6.5m high [1][8]
Echo Staple Tye, junction of Parnell Road and Southern Way 1970Antanas Braždys SculptureWelded stainless steel3.8m [1][3][4]
Lettin Go Gladden Court, off Paringdon Road 1996Edwina Chaston SculptureFibrecem concrete137 x 152cm [1]
Ports of Call Torkildsen Way 2006Jonathan Clarke SculptureAluminium1.5m high [1]
Six Cubes Bush Fair Shopping Centre 1972Shelley Fausett SculptureBronze2.5m high [1]
Iceni Colt Hatch 1995Anthony Hawken SculpturePortland stone [1]
Stone Carving 1 Hollyfield 1965Menashe Kadishman Sculpture / reliefStone240 x 76 x 68cm [1]
Stone Carving 2 Hollyfield 1965Menashe Kadishman Sculpture / reliefStone240 x 76 x 68cm [1]
Wave Torkildsen Way 2011Ovie Usher SculptureSteel [1]

River Stort
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Mill Latton Mill Lock 2007Nicola Burrell SculptureCast concrete [1]
Over the Weir Parndon Mill 2007Karen Murphy & Alan Freeman BridgeMetal bridge with glass inserts [1]
Flowing Onwards Parndon Mill Lock 2007Angelia Godfrey SculptureDunhouse sandstone121 x 150 x 121cm high [1]
The Flowing River Harlow Lock 2007Anthony Lysycia SculptureSandstone carving [1]
Short Stort Thoughts Burnt Mill Lock 2007Graeme Hitcheson 3 carved spheresSandstone [1]

North of Town Centre
Image Title / subject Location and
coordinates		 DateArtist / designer TypeMaterialDimensions DesignationWikidata Notes
Contrapuntal Forms Glebelands housing area 1951Barbara Hepworth Abstract sculptureBlue Galway limestone305 x 122 x 915cm Grade IIQ26282978 Resited to Harlow in 1953 from the Festival of Britain site in London.[1][15][8][3][4][5]
Julia Sewell Harris Close 1999Gerda Rubinstein StatueCiment fondu85 x 35 x 22cm [1][8]
Donkey Pittmans Field off Monkswick Road, Mark Hill South 1969Willi Soukop SculptureBronze0.9m high Grade II Cast at the Fiorini Foundry, Fulham.[1][16][4]
Shoal Town Park pool 2009Will Spankie SculptureKilkenny limestone [1]
Chiron Forecourt of Moot House, The Stow 1953Mary Spencer Watson SculpturePortland stone1.5m high [1][8][4]
Not in Anger Stow shopping precinct c.1975Leon Underwood SculptureBronze [1]
Pisces Water Garden, Town Park 1973Jessie Watkins SculptureSteel [1]

See also

References
  1. "The Sculpture Collection A-Z by Artist" (PDF). Harlow Council / Harlow Sculpture Town. 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  2. Historic England. "Meat Porters sculpture (1031595)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  3. Gillian Whiteley. "Art for social spaces, Public sculpture and urban regeneration in post-war Britain". Designing Britain 1945-1975. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. Frederick Gibberd (Introduction) (1973). Sculpture in Harlow. Longman Group for The Harlow Development Corporation.
  5. Maev Kennedy (29 June 2020). "Essex's unlikely sculpture town is set for a renaissance". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  6. Historic England. "Portrait figure of Elisabeth Frink (1431426)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  7. "Sculpture in Harlow". BBC Essex. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  8. Lydia Figes (6 March 2019). "From Hepworth to Frink: 12 female sculptors in Harlow". Art UK. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  9. "Chief by Nick Turvey". sculpturetown.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  10. Lydia Figes (20 February 2019). "In the beginning was Eve ... by Rodin". Art UK. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  11. Historic England. "Water Gardens (1389446)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  12. Historic England. "Wild boar sculpture (1431373)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  13. Historic England. "Sheep Shearer sculpture outside tenants Common Room (1031594)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  14. Historic England. "Help! sculpture (1431428)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  15. Historic England. "Contrapuntal Forms (1031593)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  16. Historic England. "Donkey sculpture (1431399)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
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