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. The work is by the sculptor Wendy Taylor and was created in 2000 to celebrate the Millennium. It features two tortoises and a large triangle that forms a sundial.
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Tortoises with Triangle and Time
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- 2000
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- United Kingdom
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- bronze
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Tortoises with Triangle and Time is an outdoor bronze sculpture in Holland Park, Kensington, London, England, adjacent to Abbotsbury Road. The work is by the sculptor Wendy Taylor and was created in 2000 to celebrate the Millennium. 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. It was commissioned by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and Sculpture at Goodwood.
It is recorded as the work of Wendy Taylor. Materials recorded for it are bronze. It is associated with United Kingdom. The record gives 2000 as its date of establishment or first appearance. Recorded genres are public art. It is recorded in the collection of Holland Park and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
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• Title — Tortoises with Triangle and Time • Artist — Wendy Taylor • Year — 2000 • Medium — Bronze sculpture • Subject — Tortoises with a sundial • Height Metric — 549 • Width Metric — 660 • Length Metric — 619 • Metric Unit — cm • Imperial Unit — in • City — London • Owner — Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea • Accession — W1_JR_S003 • Website — wendytaylorsculpture.co.uk/work/tortoises-with-triangle-and-time/
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