Girl in a Hat

Artist: Bernard Sindall (1925-1998)
Date made: 1972
Medium: Bronze
Research and Cultural Collections
Accession number: BIRRC-A0057
Location: Chancellor's Court. To find this sculpture, you can either use its what three words location or use the campus digital map.

This small bronze figure stands amongst the trees in Chancellor’s Court. It depicts a female form who is nude apart from the hat upon her head. Her elbows rest upon the railing behind her. This sculpture was commissioned with the assistance of the Director of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts with a charitable donation by Vice-Chancellor Sir Robert Aitken on his retirement in 1968. A small resin model of this sculpture was shown at the Barber Institute in the early 1970s.

Detail close up of foot of Girl in a Hat bronze sculpture by Bernard Sindall

Girl in a Hat bronze scultpure by Bernard Sindall in context of Chancellor's Court

Visual description

This bronze sculpture is small in scale and sits on top of a short brick plinth set back in the grass. It is dark-grey green in appearance and has a smooth surface texture. It depicts a young female figure who is nude and is wearing a boater style hat. The sculpture has a railing which runs behind it. The figure’s arms are bent at the elbows and it is depicted leaning back on the railing.