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ArtistMaker: BOYESEN, Sebastien
TitleOfWork: sheep and pig gateposts
DescriptionOfPhoto: not yet seen
DateOfCreation: 2003
Dimensions:
Medium: bronze on brick pillars
Location: on Sunny Bar near the Market Place
AtoZReference: p.32 6D
Postcode:
Street: Sunny Bar
TownOrVillage: Doncaster
AreaInTown: Town Centre
MetropolitanBorough: Doncaster
Photographer: -
ImageCopyright: -
AccessionNumber: na~2
Description: Not yet unveiled. Created " ... to mark the site of one of the entrances into the town in the old, and no longer marked, town ditch. The sheep and pig are used to represent the links between the sale of animals and Doncaster market ... " [1] "A weigh-beam, which along with the animals will symbolise the town's market traditions, has already been installed to link the two columns which stand on either side of the road." [2]

Commission: Part of Phase 5 of the Quality Streets Scheme.

Comment: The date for the unveiling of this piece has not yet been established.

References [1] e-mail from Doncaster Local Studies Library.
[2] press release: 28/5/03





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