Public Art Research Archive, Sheffield Hallam University
PUBLIC ART IN SHEFFIELD

William Pye
'Double Somersault' 1976
The Children's Hospital
stainless steel

Location:
In front of the Children's Hospital, Western Bank. It was moved from its original position at the main entrance of the Children's Hospital to a site further along the front facade of the building when the entrance was altered.

[Update: 2000] A second removal has taken place. Double Somersault is now sited in the adjacent Clarkson Street where it stands in a car park by the side of the road. New images to appear shortly. (A-Z p98 2B)

Description:
Aptly named, the tubing twists over and over at the end of a vertical thrust.

Commission:
Sheffield Children's Hospital in its centenary year. Details appear on a plaque onsite:

"DOUBLE SOMERSAULT"
by William Pye
Erected in 1976 by
The Centenary Committee
of the Children's Hospital
with the aid of the Arts Council

Comment:
A similar piece by Pye was sited for some years close to the Mappin Art Gallery in neighbouring Weston Park.


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