Building record 5003/2/12 - Woman With a Fish Statue, Delapre

1951 sculpture by Frank Dobson. Originally a fountain.

{1} Sculpture, originally a fountain. 1951 by Frank Dobson, Sculptor. Concrete, height 5'7". Seated woman with a fish, which originally had water coming out of its mouth. The female nude was a constant theme in the work of Dobson. His treatment of the subject related both the neo-classicsim of Maillol and the study of primitive sculpture, particularly that of the East. This is Dobson's most successful public work and one of his finest late pieces. It was first exhibited at the second Battersea Park Sculpture Exhibition, in 1951, whence it was brought to Northampton. It was placed in this very appropriate garden setting in 1978.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), H14 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN1000.

<3> Freeman, S., 2003, Chronicle & Echo: Chronicle Memories, (unchecked) (Newspaper cuttings). SNN21221.

<4> Hall D. (Editor), 2006, Northamptonshire Past And Present (59), p.71 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN105771.

<5> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 480 (Book). SNN111989.

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Sep 19 2024 11:57AM