Detail View: SHIMMER: Double Somersault

Title: 
Double Somersault
Creation Date: 
1976
Image Date: 
1994
Period: 
20th century
Location: 
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Country: 
ENGLAND, UK
Material: 
steel - stainless
Display Creator: 
PYE, William
Image ID: 
94-2439a
Description: 
Detail.

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:

Inscription: "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.

Rights: 
© Sheffield Hallam University
Permissions: 
For educational use only. This image may be used in print or digital materials provided that full acknowledgment is given, expressed as follows: " © < insert details from the 'Rights' field >. Photographed by < insert details from the 'Photographed by' field >."
Creator: 
PYE, William
Creator Dates - Born: 
1938
Creator Role: 
Sculptor.
Culture Gender: 
Male.
Nationality: 
British - Welsh.
Subject Heading: 
Steel -- stainless
Subject Heading: 
Public sculpture -- England -- Sheffield
Subject Heading: 
Art, Abstract
Subject Heading: 
Sculpture, British -- 1900-2000
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