Harbour Drive, 'Conversation Piece'

HER Number

11138

District

S Tyneside

Site Name

Harbour Drive, 'Conversation Piece'

Place

South Shields

Map Sheet

NZ36NE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Sculpture

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

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

436800

Northing

568000

Grid Reference

NZ436800568000

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