Girl in a Hat - Birmingham University, UK
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N 52° 26.999 W 001° 55.878
30U E 572627 N 5811625
Bernard Sindall’s Girl in a Hat was made in 1972 and stands in the middle of the campus of Birmingham University.
Waymark Code: WM52XF
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 11/02/2008
Views: 35
This sculpture stands casually, smiling and wearing nothing but her hat. She seems fully relaxed and in control, leaning against a rail, coolly surveying all those that walk past her.
The pose and guise have long sculptural roots: Donatello’s David holds a similar classical pose, and is also young and sports only a pair a boots and an elaborate hat. Degas’ The Little Dancer Aged Fourteen stands with her feet in ballet’s fourth position, with her back arched and head tilted back.
This statue was presented to the University by Sir Robert and Lady Aitken, on Sir Robert’s retirement as Vice-Chancellor in 1968. The sculptor Bernard Sindall chose his own subject matter, and hoped that the statue would be ‘an object of pleasure to people.’
The head-turning visitor has taken up permanent residence at Chancellor's Court, near the Great Hall, at the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston.
The bronze life-size statue of a naked woman, called Girl in a Hat, has been painstakingly cleaned and restored after languishing on another part of the site.
Bernard Sindall is known not only for his sculptures but for designing coin faces.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Girl in a Hat
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Bernard Sindall
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1972
Materials used: Bronze
Location: Birmingham University Campus
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