Veronica Ryan Sculpture Stolen For Scrap Metal - ArtLyst

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January 29, 2012

'Boundaries' a work by a Tate collection artist follows Moore Hepworth and Blake to the smelter

Police are on the lookout for a gang of metal thieves after a two valuable bronze sculptures worth tens of thousands of pounds were stolen from a Peterborough sculpture park. The sculptures were based on the forms of cheese plant leaves, creating a challenging relationship with the green surroundings of Thorpe Meadows and the verdigris work of art. The sculptures were taken on 3 January from the city’s Sculpture Park, which contains 16 other pieces of art some on a monumental scale.The Trust was set up in 1988 by the Peterborough Development Corporation. Under the New Towns Act, the Corporation itself was set up in 1968 with the task of overseeing the expansion of the City and as part of this it sought to encourage an appreciation of the arts, purchasing a selection of sculptures by major British artists between 1978 and 1988 for permanent public display throughout the City. Pc Craig Farrington said: “It is a distinctive sculpture, very heavy and thieves would have needed transport to take it away.”

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