South Shields, Harbour Drive, 'Conversation Piece'

HER Number:
11138

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
South Shields, Harbour Drive, 'Conversation Piece'

Place:
South Shields

Map Sheet:
NZ36NE

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1998 by Juan Munoz. 22 bronze figures, patinated light blue-green, on a paved area behind Littlehaven Beach. The figures appear to be standing in filled sacks. Each figure is in a different pose, either listening, leaning or talking. LOCAL LIST

Easting:
368

Northing:
680

Grid Reference:
NZ368680

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 172; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/41/SS