BOOKSTACK

Bookstack - Fred Watson 1992

Location - Northumberland Road

Materials - Grey Granite on a Black Granite Base

Commissioned by - Northumbria University

 

A smoothly polished granite sculpture which depicts a stack of fifteen books piled one on top of the other. Another work Inside Outside by Fred Watson can be seen at the Tranwell unit of the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Gateshead. Watson was born in Gateshead and taught at Newcastle Polytechnic. His commissions are sited around the country including Milton Keynes and Harlow.

 

 

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