List of public art in Harlow

This is a list of public art in Harlow in Essex, including statues, busts and other memorials. This list applies only to works of public art on permanent display in an outdoor public space and as such does not include, for example, artworks in museums.

Town Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Meat Porters	Market Square	1959	Ralph Brown	Sculpture	Bronze	1.8 m high	Grade II		Cast at the Corinthian Bronze Factory. [1] [2] [3] [4]
	Trigon	Broad Walk	1961	Lynn Chadwick	Sculpture	Bronze	2.3 m high			[1] [3] [4] [5]
	Obelisk	Broad Walk	1980	Sir Frederick Gibberd	Obelisk	Concrete faced in Portland stone	762 cm high			[1]
	The Philosopher	College Square	1961/ 1962	Keith Godwin	Sculpture	Fibreglass	163 x 76 x 68 cm			[1]
	Ripple	Square at top of Water Gardens	2004	Diane Maclean	Three columns	Coloured stainless steel	8 m high			[1]
	Portrait Figure	West Walk, off Westgate	1956	F. E. McWilliam	Sculpture	Bronze	1.8 m high	Grade II		Modelled by Elisabeth Frink while a student. [1] [6] [4]
	Vertex	Broad Walk	1979	Paul Mason	Sculpture	Carrara marble	76 x 76 x 213 cm high			[1]
More images	Family Group	Entrance lobby to Civic Centre	1954	Henry Moore	Sculpture	Hadene stone	1.7 m high			[1] [7] [3] [4] [5]
	Returning from Work	External wall by entrance to Central Library	Unknown	Heinz Muller	Relief sculpture	Bronze	0.5 m high			[1] [4]
	Julia	The Playhouse, Town Centre	1995	Gerda Rubinstein	Statue	Bronze	85 x 35 x 22 cm high			[1] [8]
	Ghost in the Machine	Rear of The Playhouse, Town Centre	2013	Tony Stallard	Display panel	Steel and neon	7 x 2 x 0.05 m			[1]
	Still Life	Westgate	1985	Fred Watson	Sculpture	Springwell stone	193 x 206 x 127 cm			[1]
	Chief	Opposite the Playhouse	2010	Nick Turvey	Sculpture	Corten steel				[9]

Water Gardens

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
More images	Eve	Water Gardens	1882	Auguste Rodin	Statue	Bronze	1.7m high			[1] [10] [3] [4]
	Upright Motive No. 2	Water Gardens	1955-56	Henry Moore	Sculpture	Bronze	3.3m high			[1] [7] [4]
	Relief	External wall of sports shop by Water Gardens	1963	William Mitchell	Sculptural relief	Concrete	150 x 1083 x 10cm			[1] [3]
	Heraldic panel	External wall of supermarket by Water Gardens	1961	William Mitchell	Sculptural relief	Concrete	150 x 1083 x 10cm			[1]
More images	Seven lion head reliefs	Water Gardens	1963	William Mitchell	Reliefs and mosaics	Concrete and pigmented resins	120 x 240 x 10cm			[1] [11] [3]
	Wild boar	Water Gardens	1970	Elisabeth Frink	Sculpture	Bronze	0.9m high	Grade II		Originally in concrete, re-cast in bronze. [1] [12] [8] [4]
	Bird	Water Gardens	1985	Hebe Comerford	Sculpture	Bronze				[1] [8]

North Harlow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Sophrosyne	The Chase, Newhall	2010	Ekkehard Altenburgher	Sculpture	Norwegian Larvikite				[1]
More images	Solo Flight	First Avenue, Felmongers	1982	Antanas Braždys	Sculpture	Stainless steel				[1]
	Sheep Shearer	Adjacent to tenants common room in Momples Road, Ladyshot	1965	Ralph Brown	Sculpture	Bronze on a brick plinth	0.7m high	Grade II		[1] [13] [3] [4]
	New Town	Florence Nightingale Medical Centre, Church Langley	2009	Nicola Burrell	Sculpture					[1] [8]
	Chinese Dynamic	Tesco car park, Church Langley	1992, installed 1994	John Mills	Sculpture	Bronze	270 x 270 x 100cm			[1]
	Kore	High Street, Old Harlow	1963	Betty Rea	Statue	Bronze	1.5cm high			[1] [8] [4]
	Screen	Newhall Project Space	1999	Gerda Rubinstein	Sculpture	Bronze	46 x 152cm			[1]
	Methuselah	Great Auger Street, Newhall	2010	Nick Turrey	Sculpture	Steel				[1]

Harlow Museum grounds

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Well Head	Grounds of Harlow Museum	1989	Jane Ackroyd	Sculpture	Welded steel				[1]
	Stone seat	Grounds of Harlow Museum	1957	Ernest Adsetts	Decorated bench	Portland stone	0.6m high			[1] [4]
More images	Metal Sculpture	Grounds of Harlow Museum	1965	Antanas Braždys	Sculpture	Painted, welded mild steel				[1] [4]
	Sun Dial	Grounds of Harlow Museum	1984	Nathan David	Sun dial	Bronze, brass and stainless steel				[1]
	The Flame	Grounds of Harlow Museum	2008	Angela Godfrey	Sculpture	Portland stone	155cm high			[1] [8]
	Torsos	Grounds of Harlow Museim	1955	Karel Vogel	Sculpture	Ciment fondu	1.0m			[1] [4]

St John's Arts and Recreation Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Wrestlers	St John's Arts and Recreation Centre, St John's ARC	1957	Sally Doig	Sculpture	Ciment fondu	1.3m			[1] [8] [3] [4]
	We are the music makers	St John's ARC	2006	Angela Godfrey	Carved panel	Lime wood	133cm high			[1]
	Chorus	St John's ARC	1990	Lee Grandjean	Sculpture	Iroko wood	250 x 70cm			[1]
	Help!	St John's ARC	1976	F. E. McWilliam	Sculpture	Bronze on a brick plinth		Grade II		[1] [14] [4]

South Harlow

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Shenzou	Addison House Courtyard	2008	Simon Pickard	Sculpture	Stainless steel				[1]
	Butterfly	Newstead Way	2008	Madeline Allen	Sculpture	Stainless steel				[1] [8]
	Organic Form	Newstead Way	2008	Michael Austin	Sculpture	Bronze casting				[1]
	Energise	Leisurezone car park	2010	Claire Bigger	Sculpture	Stainless steel	6.5m high			[1] [8]
More images	Echo	Staple Tye, junction of Parnell Road and Southern Way	1970	Antanas Braždys	Sculpture	Welded stainless steel	3.8m			[1] [3] [4]
	Lettin Go	Gladden Court, off Paringdon Road	1996	Edwina Chaston	Sculpture	Fibrecem concrete	137 x 152cm			[1]
	Ports of Call	Torkildsen Way	2006	Jonathan Clarke	Sculpture	Aluminium	1.5m high			[1]
	Six Cubes	Bush Fair Shopping Centre	1972	Shelley Fausett	Sculpture	Bronze	2.5m high			[1]
	Iceni	Colt Hatch	1995	Anthony Hawken	Sculpture	Portland stone				[1]
	Stone Carving 1	Hollyfield	1965	Menashe Kadishman	Sculpture / relief	Stone	240 x 76 x 68cm			[1]
	Stone Carving 2	Hollyfield	1965	Menashe Kadishman	Sculpture / relief	Stone	240 x 76 x 68cm			[1]
	Wave	Torkildsen Way	2011	Ovie Usher	Sculpture	Steel				[1]

River Stort

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Mill	Latton Mill Lock	2007	Nicola Burrell	Sculpture	Cast concrete				[1]
	Over the Weir	Parndon Mill	2007	Karen Murphy & Alan Freeman	Bridge	Metal bridge with glass inserts				[1]
	Flowing Onwards	Parndon Mill Lock	2007	Angelia Godfrey	Sculpture	Dunhouse sandstone	121 x 150 x 121cm high			[1]
	The Flowing River	Harlow Lock	2007	Anthony Lysycia	Sculpture	Sandstone carving				[1]
	Short Stort Thoughts	Burnt Mill Lock	2007	Graeme Hitcheson	3 carved spheres	Sandstone				[1]

North of Town Centre

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Wikidata	Notes
	Contrapuntal Forms	Glebelands housing area	1951	Barbara Hepworth	Abstract sculpture	Blue Galway limestone	305 x 122 x 915cm	Grade II	Q26282978	Resited to Harlow in 1953 from the Festival of Britain site in London. [1] [15] [8] [3] [4] [5]
	Julia	Sewell Harris Close	1999	Gerda Rubinstein	Statue	Ciment fondu	85 x 35 x 22cm			[1] [8]
More images	Donkey	Pittmans Field off Monkswick Road, Mark Hill South	1969	Willi Soukop	Sculpture	Bronze	0.9m high	Grade II		Cast at the Fiorini Foundry, Fulham. [1] [16] [4]
	Shoal	Town Park pool	2009	Will Spankie	Sculpture	Kilkenny limestone				[1]
	Chiron	Forecourt of Moot House, The Stow	1953	Mary Spencer Watson	Sculpture	Portland stone	1.5m high			[1] [8] [4]
	Not in Anger	Stow shopping precinct	c.1975	Leon Underwood	Sculpture	Bronze				[1]
	Pisces	Water Garden, Town Park	1973	Jessie Watkins	Sculpture	Steel				[1]

See also

• Harlow art trust

References

1. "The Sculpture Collection A-Z by Artist" (PDF). Harlow Council / Harlow Sculpture Town. 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
2. Historic England. "Meat Porters sculpture (1031595)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
3. Gillian Whiteley. "Art for social spaces, Public sculpture and urban regeneration in post-war Britain". Designing Britain 1945-1975. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
4. Frederick Gibberd (Introduction) (1973). Sculpture in Harlow. Longman Group for The Harlow Development Corporation.
5. Maev Kennedy (29 June 2020). "Essex's unlikely sculpture town is set for a renaissance". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
6. Historic England. "Portrait figure of Elisabeth Frink (1431426)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
7. "Sculpture in Harlow". BBC Essex. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
8. Lydia Figes (6 March 2019). "From Hepworth to Frink: 12 female sculptors in Harlow". Art UK . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
9. "Chief by Nick Turvey". sculpturetown.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
10. Lydia Figes (20 February 2019). "In the beginning was Eve ... by Rodin". Art UK . Retrieved 10 October 2019.
11. Historic England. "Water Gardens (1389446)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
12. Historic England. "Wild boar sculpture (1431373)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
13. Historic England. "Sheep Shearer sculpture outside tenants Common Room (1031594)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
14. Historic England. "Help! sculpture (1431428)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
15. Historic England. "Contrapuntal Forms (1031593)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.
16. Historic England. "Donkey sculpture (1431399)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 14 October 2019.