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| ArtistMaker: | NICHOLAS, Peter | 
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| TitleOfWork: | 'Manvers Book' | |
| DescriptionOfPhoto: | View of metalwork inside 'pop-up' end of sculpture | |
| DateOfCreation: | 1998-1999 | |
| Dimensions: | 390 cm high x 700cm long | |
| Medium: | sandstone; stainless steel; painted metal (computer manipulated, sawn and welded) | |
| Location: | Between the Transpennine Cycle Trail and Manvers Way (A6195) at Old Moor Bridge | |
| AtoZReference: | p.40 2C | |
| Postcode: | S63 | |
| Street: | Manvers Way | |
| TownOrVillage: | Wath upon Dearne | |
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| MetropolitanBorough: | Rotherham | |
| Photographer: | Andy Pollard | |
| ImageCopyright: | Andy Pollard | |
| AccessionNumber: | manvers4 | |
| Description: Three blocks of sandstone, 390 cm high and cut or rounded at the corners, which intersect in the shape of a ' Y '. Inside the top of the head of the ' Y ' is an assemblage of painted pieces of machinery including wheels and a large bell. The concave side of the ' Y ' has separate steel plates down one edge, each with a letter cut out of them, spelling the word ' MANVERS '. Next to this are more cut pieces of steel in a series of vertical strips and circles. Commission: Funded by Yorkshire Forward and Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council. £85,000. [1] Artist's Statement: "Designed to symbolize the ending of one industrial era and the beginning of another. I have used a childs pop-up book as a vehicle to carry the story." |
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