Public Monument and Sculpture Association National Recording Project
After-Images Photograph
Region ID | EM | |
Work ID | 4 | |
Manual Reference | LE005TC | |
Type | Sculpture | |
Title | After-Images | |
Sculptor | Jones, Colin | |
Date of design | Mar-Nov 1983 | |
Year of unveiling | 1983 | |
Unveiling details | 8 Nov 1983 | |
Road | University Road | |
Precise Location | University of Leicester, on the exterior wall of the Charles Wilson bookshop facing Victoria Park | |
A to Z Ref | 28C5 (1) | |
OS Ref | SK594030 | |
Postcode | LE1 7RH | |
Work is | Extant | |
Listing Status | Not listed | |
Duty of Care | University of Leicester | |
Commissioned by | University of Leicester | |
Notes | ||
Abstract relief of fourteen panels, the two outermost slant inwards towards the wall. Panels two to seven and eight to thirteen form repeat sequences. They are split horizontally, the upper sections slanting inwards towards the left, the lower towards the right. Panels two and eight are split 10 / 60 cm, panels three and nine 20 / 50 cm, proceeding at 10cm steps to panels seven and thirteen which are 60 / 10 cm. The end faces of the panels, at right angles to the wall, are coloured. Panel one and the lower section of panels two to seven run from deep to pale blue, while the upper sections (running in the opposite direction from panels seven to two) progress from deep to pale orange. Panel fourteen and the upper sections of panels thirteen to eight run from deep to pale pink, while panels eight to thirteen run from deep to pale turquoise. | ||
circa | ||
raw year | 1983 | |
Condition | Fair | |
At risk | At Risk | |
Inscriptions | On name plaque beneath sculpture: AFTER-IMAGES / COLIN JONES, 1983 / PURCHASED FROM THE GODDARD FUND FOR THE ARTS 1983 | |
Signatures | none | |
Elements
Element Details
Part of work | Material | Dimensions |
|---|---|---|
Sculpture | Aluminium and mild steel finished in cellulose paint | h 70cm; l. 980cm; d 13.5cm |
Assessment of Condition
Surface Character
Detail | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | see structural condition |
Structural Condition
Structural Condition | Comment |
|---|---|
Other | Lower section of second panel from right bent downwards slightly |
Vandalism
Vandalism | Comment |
|---|---|
Structural damage | see structural condition |
