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Title*

Tam
County Suffolk   District Council Ipswich 
Civil Parish or equivalent Ipswich  Town/Village* Ipswich - Town Centre 
Road Elm Street 
Precise Location North side of road by St. Mary-at-the-Elms church 
OS Grid Ref TM160445  Postcode IP1 
Previous location(s)  
Setting Small grassed area with bench  Access Public 
Artist/Maker Role Qualifier
Honoria Surie  Ceramicist(s)   

Commissioned by

 Express Group Newspapers 

Design & Constrn period

  

Date of installing

 1995 

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: bronze

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
Statue  Bronze  H 73 cm x W 68 cm x D 65 cm 
Plinth  Cast concrete  H 36 cm x W 74 cm x D 71 cm 

Work is
Extant Not Sited Lost

Owner/Custodian

 Ipswich Borough Council 

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: Blackening of plinth - not too unsightly

Structural Condition
Armature exposed Broken or missing parts
Replaced parts Loose elements
Cracks, splits, breaks, holes Spalling, crumbling
Water collection Other
Detail: Water collects in a deep fold in the dress beneath the hands causing some unsightly staining

Vandalism
Graffiti Structural damage Surface Damage
Detail:

Overall condition
Good Fair Poor

Risk
No Known Risk At Risk Immediate
Signatures/Marks  
Inscriptions TAM 

Description (physical)

 Bronze statue mounted on an irregular hexagonal stone plinth: lifesize naturalistic portrait of a teenage girl sitting cross-legged in dungarees molding a ball of clay  

Description (iconographical)

 Affectionate portrait of the artist's daughter. The ball of clay is a reference to pottery. When Tam attended the unveiling the spectators were amused that her punk image bore little resemblance to that projected in the sculpture. 

Photographs

 Date taken: 
Date logged: 

Photographed by:
Sarah Cocke

On Site Inspection

 Date:  6/7/2007

Inspected by:
David Hulks

Sources and References

 www.visualarts-ipswich.org.uk/public_art/level_3/Tam.asp Information from Pat Grimwade, Ipswich Society 

Database

 Date entered:  5/1/2008

Data inputter:
David Hulks