Public art & sculpture · London
Large Spindle Piece
Large Spindle Piece in England London, United Kingdom.
Robin Webster — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Large Spindle Piece is a public sculpture in England London, United Kingdom, dating from 1974. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
Spindle Piece is a bronze sculpture series by Henry Moore. Unusually, the sculpture was made in four sizes: a plaster maquette cast in bronze as Maquette for Spindle Piece (LH 591) in 1968, a larger plaster working model which was also cast in bronze as Spindle Piece (LH 592) in 1968, a larger series of bronze sculptures Large Spindle Piece (LH 593) cast in 1974, and the largest model, known as The Spindle (LH 593a), carved in travertine in 1981.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 51.5306, -0.1237
- District
- Camden
- Parish
- Camden, unparished area
- Postcode
- N1C 4BS
- Parliamentary constituency
- Holborn and St Pancras
- Established
- 1974
- Opening
- Tu-Fr 11:00-19:00
- Official site
- www.realfoodfestival.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q19759086 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Large Spindle Piece (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Large Spindle Piece?
- Large Spindle Piece is in London, United Kingdom (postcode N1C 4BS), in the parish of Camden, unparished area.
- When was Large Spindle Piece built?
- Built or established in 1974.
- Is Large Spindle Piece free to visit?
- Yes, Large Spindle Piece is free to enter.
- How do I get to Large Spindle Piece?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode N1C 4BS. It sits within the Holborn and St Pancras parliamentary constituency.