David Wynne
‘Horse and Rider’, 1978
Fountain Precinct, Barker’s Pool
stainless steel

Location:
Fountain Precinct, Barker’s Pool (A-Z p5 3E)

Description:
A 12 foot high rearing horse and young male rider with arms outspread. The plaque consists of lettering cut into a polished block of black marble. The plaque reads:

DAVID WYNNE
PRESENTED TO THE PEOPLE
OF SHEFFIELD
BY THE FAMILY OF
THE LATE HYMAN STONE
IN HIS MEMORY
AND BY THE CREATORS
OF ITS IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS
THE GAUNTLET DEVELOPMENTS
A MEMBER OF
THE SLOUGH ESTATES GROUP
1978"

Commission:
Presented to the people of Sheffield by the family of Hyman Stone in his memory and by Gauntlet Developments who built Fountain Precinct. Stone was a solicitor who had an office near this site.

Comment:
The piece, dwarfed by the surrounding massive Fountains Precinct Office Development, overlooks a small double-garden park that opens onto Barker’s Pool. This garden contains Vega Bermejo's 'Cat and Bird'.