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LEEUA 1930.001

1816

William Hey was Senior Surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary, 1773-1812, and twice mayor of Leeds (1787-89; 1810-12). Hey was a friend of Joseph Priestley and Benjamin Gott and was President of the Leeds...

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LEEUA 2003.001

1949, cast 1960

Born in Leeds, Armitage studied at Leeds College of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art in London. His figurative pieces depict the human form by means of flat surfaces modelled in plaster and cast i...

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LEEUA 2006.001

c.1982

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LEEUA 2015.001

2015

Cast jesmonite with coal, copper and rust particles on aluminium frames supported by a steel structural framework. The British-Japanese artist Simon Fujiwara was born in London and grew up in Cornwal...

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LEEUA 1998.002

William Hey was Senior Surgeon at Leeds General Infirmary, 1773-1812, and twice mayor of Leeds (1787-89; 1810-12). Hey was a friend of Joseph Priestley and Benjamin Gott and was President of the Leeds...

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LEEUA 2011.003

1975

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LEEUA 2012.003

1987

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LEEUA 2014.003

1958

'Limbo' is composed of 26 lead pieces created from drawings and observations made on seaside holidays in Anglesey and Cornwall in the 1950s. Austin Wright was Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the Univer...

Sculpture:
LEEUA 2014.004

2014

2 wavy 'stelae' made of black plyurethane elastomer, cast in studio in manner to create a rippled surface. Born in Birmingham, Keith Wilson studied at Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, from 1985-88. He t...

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LEEUA 1998.005

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LEEUA 2010.007

1971

Made in slip cast earthenware ceramic with gold and platinum lustre added on top of the initial clear glaze.

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LEEUA 1962.008

1962

This sculpture was commissioned for the Michael Sadler Building during Wright’s tenure as Gregory Fellow in Sculpture at the University. It was moved in 2009 due to building work and relocated to th...