The Rush of Green
| The Rush of Green | |
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 The Rush of Green in 2017 | |
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| Artist | Sir Jacob Epstein |
| Year | 1957–1959 |
| Type | Sculptural group |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Location | Junction of Edinburgh Gate and South Carriage Drive, Knightsbridge, London SW1X |
| 51°30′09″N 0°09′44″W / 51.502412°N 0.162360°W | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Official name | The Pan Statue |
| Designated | 16 January 2016 |
| Reference no. | 1431163[1] |
The Rush of Green, also known as Pan or The Bowater House Group, was the last sculpture completed by
Grade II listed
status in January 2016, giving it legal protection against unauthorised alteration or removal.
The sculpture was commissioned by
Land Securities Investment Trust, and intended the statue to be sited beside the company's new office development at Bowater House, on the southern edge of Hyde Park. It was cast in bronze by Morris Singer and installed in April 1961 in the middle of Edinburgh Gate, a road that ran from Knightsbridge
underneath the newly built Bowater House to South Carriage Drive. A maquette of the sculpture was exhibited in the foyer of the building.
The sculpture was removed when Bowater House was demolished in 2006 to be replaced by One Hyde Park and reinstalled in 2010 at the entrance to the relocated Edinburgh Gate, some distance to the west, still beside South Carriage Road, accompanied by new 15 metres (49 ft) bronze gates designed by Wendy Ramshaw.
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The sculpture in 2003, with Bowater House in the background -
The sculpture in 2015, with One Hyde Park in the background -
Hyde Park Gates (2010) by Wendy Ramshaw
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See also
- 1959 in art
- List of sculptures by Jacob Epstein
- Greek mythology in western art and literature
- List of public art in Knightsbridge
References
- ^ Historic England, "The Pan Statue (1431163)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 18 May 2020
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rush of Green.
- Pan Statue, Royal Parks
- One Hyde Park Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine, Davison Arts Partnership
- Edinburgh Gate SW1, 28 February 2013
- London’s Epstein Sculptures: Part 7: Hyde Park, Spike Magazine, 12 January 2012
- The Pan Statue, Historic England
