Tyne and Wear HER(10910): Barras Bridge, Civic Centre, 'Swans In Flight' - Details
10910
Newcastle
Barras Bridge, Civic Centre, 'Swans In Flight'
Newcastle
NZ26SW
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Sculpture
Statue
20TH CENTURY
Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000
Structure
1968 by David Wynne. A bronze statue commissioned for the then new Civic Centre. It is based on Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pederson's 'The Swans from the North', a Scandinavian poetic work - the five swans representing the five Scandinavian countries which were created as independent states (Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Finland). The sculpture of the swans stands over a rectangular pond in the Civic Centre quadrangle, sprayed by a fountain. A copy of the sculpture stands at the Ambassador College, Big Sandy, Texas. LISTED GRADE 2*
424990
564960
NZ424990564960
Ian Ayris, Peter Jubb, Steve Palmer and Paul Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments and Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 75; City News, 1969; Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet);