Zemran sculpture is a Grade II listed building in the Lambeth local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. Sculpture. 2 related planning applications.
Zemran sculpture
- WRENN ID
- slow-buttress-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Lambeth
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 January 2016
- Type
- Sculpture
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
'Zemran', stainless steel sculpture of 1971 by William Pye, installed in 1972 on the raised terrace outside the Queen Elizabeth Hall on the South Bank, London.
The sculpture is 5.5m high and is a composition of five semi-abstract forms in polished stainless steel. A pair of inclined, undulating tubes were intended by the sculptor to 'mimic the rippling reflections made on water when its surface is broken by a cylindrical rod’', while three domed volumes '‘give the impression of being huge glistening water droplets' (Cavanagh 2007, pg. 71). The removal of the weld marks on the tubular columns gives the impression of seamless organic forms, although some junctions are visible.
A metal plaque set into the pavement in front of the sculpture reads: "ZEMRAN" / BY WILLIAM PYE (b.1938) / PRESENTED TO THE GREATER LONDON COUNCIL / 3 MAY 1972 / BY NADIA NERINA.
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/01/2017
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