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Latitude: 51.4556 / 51°27'20"N
Longitude: -0.0883 / 0°5'17"W
OS Eastings: 532917
OS Northings: 174693
OS Grid: TQ329746
Mapcode National: GBR HL.0D7
Mapcode Global: VHGR6.FN5Z
Plus Code: 9C3XFW46+6M
Entry Name: Striding Man Sculpture in Forecourt of William Penn School
Listing Date: 15 April 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1385809
English Heritage Legacy ID: 471221
Location: Southwark, London, SE24
County: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: South Camberwell
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Dulwich St Barnabas
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
SOUTHWARK
TQ3274 RED POST HILL
636-1/14/889 (South West side)
15/04/98 "Striding Man" sculpture in
forecourt of William Penn School
II
Sculpture. Commissioned 1959, installed 1962, sculptor Oliffe
Richmond. Bronze, six feet high on concrete plinth. A tall,
stooping figure that displays different qualities from
different angles, with its claw-like feet, knotted and
elongated legs, hunched back and heavy burden. The tension of
movement caught in stasis recalls Rodin's headless 'L'Homme
qui Marche', while the battered, vulnerable form and striated
surface is reminiscent of the work of Giacometti. Richmond
(1919-1977) came from Tasmania in 1948 and later worked for
Henry Moore before embarking on a teaching career. His work is
not well known, but this is one of the outstanding pieces
commissioned by the London County Council, the leading patron
of public art in the period 1945-65.
Listing NGR: TQ3296374383
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