FDA-Sc.227-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.227-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Model for a Fountain
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Sculpture comprised of a tower of wide silver cones, squat cylindrical base
Comments
This preliminary design model for the fountain near Bekynton is a recent acquisition. The fountain was commissioned from sculptor Barry Mason in c.1999 by former Vice-Provost Tim Card. The model, made from painted MDF, wire and mirrored plastic, demonstrates how the design developed from a tower of eleven cone forms, to the ten stone semi-spheres of the fountain. Mason donated the model to the Royal Society of Sculptors, before it was sold to raise funds for repairs to the Society’s headquarters in South Kensington.
Production
Person
Mason, Barry (Artist)
History and association
Associated object
FDA-Sc.89-2018 (associated object)
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of the artist; by whom donated to the Royal Society of Sculptors, London; by whom sold through Roseberys, London, on 13 October 2021 (Lot 386), to raise funds for repairs to the Society’s headquarters in South Kensington; from which sale purchased by Eton College
