Tortoises with Triangle and Time

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Tortoises with Triangle and Time
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Artist Wendy Taylor
Year2000 (2000)
Medium Bronze sculpture
Subject Tortoises with a sundial
Dimensions549 cm× 660 cm× 619 cm(216 in× 260 in× 244 in)
Location London
Coordinates 51°30′13.39″N0°12′26.35″W / 51.5037194°N 0.2073194°W / 51.5037194; -0.2073194
Owner Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
AccessionW1_JR_S003
Website wendytaylorsculpture.co.uk/work/tortoises-with-triangle-and-time/

Tortoises with Triangle and Time is an outdoor bronze sculpture in Holland Park, Kensington, London, England, adjacent to Abbotsbury Road. [1] The work is by the sculptor Wendy Taylor and was created in 2000 to celebrate the Millennium. [2] It features two tortoises and a large triangle that forms a sundial.

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The sculpture is 549cm height × 660cm width × 619cm depth. [3] It was commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Sculpture at Goodwood.

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References

  1. "Sculpture: Tortoises with triangle and time". London Remembers. Archived from the original on 5 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  2. "Tortoises with Triangle and Time". Wendy Taylor Sculptor. UK. Archived from the original on 6 September 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
  3. "Tortoises with Triangle and Time". Art UK. Archived from the original on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 5 September 2023.