Materials:
Patinated steel, Acrylic, Brass, Bronze wire, Brass wire
Physical Object Description:
Darkly patinated steel cone containing yet revealing a hollow column of transparent red acrylic. This is topped with a spun brass sphere, drilled with holes into which are inserted three different wires, two brass and one bronze, tightly coiled down on the surface, creating an effect like worm casts on a beach.
Dimensions:
217 x 99 cm
Accession Number:
2003.45
Credit:
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society and the Henry Moore Foundation, courtesy of an anonymous donor, 2003
Ownership history:
Commissioned from the artist by an anonymous donor, with support from the Henry Moore Foundation, 1988; by whom gifted anonymously to the Contemporary Art Society, 2002; presented to Manchester Art Gallery, 2003