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Title*

Triple Mycomorph
County Suffolk   District Council Ipswich 
Civil Parish or equivalent Ipswich  Town/Village* Ipswich 
Road Soane Street 
Precise Location Rear of Christchurch Mansion by the entrance to the Wolsey Art Gallery 
OS Grid Ref TM165450  Postcode IP4 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Small formal garden  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Bernard Reynolds  Sculptor(s)   

Commissioned by

 Tom Gondris 

Design & Constrn period

 1953 (made in polystyrene) 

Date of installing

 1992 

Exact date of unveiling

  

Category
Abstract Animal Architectural
Commercial Commemorative Composite
Free Functional Funerary
Heraldic Military Natural
Non-Commemorative Performance Portable
Religious Roadside, Wayside Sculptural
Temporary, Mobile Other  

Object Type
Building Clock Tower Architectural
Coat of Arms Cross Fountain
Landscape Marker Medallion
Mural Panel Readymade
Relief Shaft Sculpture
Statue Street Furniture War Memorial
Other Object Sub Type:

Subject Type
Allegorical Mythological Pictorial
Figurative Non-figurative Portrait
Still-life Symbolic Other

Subject Sub Type
Bust Equestrian Full-length
Group Head Reclining
Seated Standing Torso
Part Material Dimension
Sculpture  Aluminium alloy  H 117 cm x W 60 cm x D 40 cm 
Plinth  Stone  H 40 cm x W 87 cm x D 100 cm 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Ipswich Museums 

Listing status
Grade I Grade II* Grade II Don't Know Not Listed

Surface Condition
Corrosion, Deterioration Accretions
Bird Guano Abrasions, cracks, splits
Biological growth Spalling, crumbling
Metallic staining Previous treatments
Other  
Detail:

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail:

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions THIS SCULPTURE IS DEDICATED BY TOM GONDRIS IN MEMORY OF HIS / PARENTS EUGEN AND ELSE WHO / DIED IN WORLD WAR II 

Description (physical)

 Metal sculpture presented as a garden feature, mounted on a fieldstone plinth. Three rising animal-like forms finished with small 'heads' are joined by an umbrella-like collar pierced with holes 

Description (iconographical)

 The sculpture is consistent with a post-war British style known as the 'geometry of fear'. Extraordinary fungal forms seem to bear witness to the possibility of life even in dark and unfavourable conditions, so that the sculpture may be said to be typical of a general artistic response the 'cold war climate'. The meaning of Triple Mycomorph however is further pushed back in time and emotionally darkened by the 1992 commission, made to memorialise a couple who 'disappeared' on the Continent in the Second World War. Despite the sadness of the commemoration, the intention was to symbolise hope by illustrating 'the continuous resurgence of life' 

Photographs

 Date taken:  17/5/2006
Date logged:  18/5/2006

Photographed by:
David Hulks

On Site Inspection

 Date:  17/5/2006

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 www.ipsart.org.uk/tour/triple.htm accessed 12-May-07 / www.visualarts-ipswich.org.uk accessed 12-May-07 

Database

 Date entered:  13/5/2007

Data inputter:
David Hulks