List of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth

This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Three Standing Figures 1947 by Henry Moore in Battersea Park

Map of public art in the London Borough of Wandsworth

Battersea

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Designation	Notes
	In Town	Battersea Bridge Road	1983	John Ravera	—	Sculptural group	—	[1]
	Two Swans	Battersea Bridge Road	1984	Catherine Marr-Johnson	—	Sculptures	—	[2]
More images	Memorial to the Clapham Junction rail crash	Spencer Park	1989	Richard Healy	—	Sculpture	—	[3]
	Sterling	Great Eastern Wharf	1990	Neil Lawson-Baker	—	Sculpture	—	[4]
	Water Sculpture	Chelsea Bridge Wharf	2003	Caroline Lambard	—	Sculpture	—	[5]
	Garden Tools and Sink	St John's Hill Estate, Clapham Junction	2015–2016	Rodney Harris	Hawkins Brown	Reliefs	—	[6]
	Pinafores and Uniform	St John's Hill Estate, Clapham Junction	2015–2016	Valda Jackson	Hawkins Brown	Reliefs	—	[6]
	Sunset, Sunrise, Sunset	Battersea Power Station tube station	2021	Alexandre da Cunha	Grimshaw Architects	Kinetic sculpture	—	[7]

Battersea Park

Battersea Park has a history of displaying sculpture by major artists, with large triennial exhibitions in the 1940s, 50s and 60s, although the 1954 and 1957 exhibitions took place in Holland Park instead of Battersea Park.^[8] More recently the park presents an annual student sculpture prize with the winning sculpture going on show in for a year.^[9] Some of the current sculptures have remained in the park since the large exhibitions.

1948 Open Air Exhibition of Sculpture

This was the first event of its type in Britain and showed 43 sculptures between May and September.^[10] The exhibition was extremely successful with over 170,000 visitors.^[8]

Selected sculptors and works:

• Auguste Rodin – The Age of Bronze/Man Awakening to Nature
• Ossip Zadkine – Laokoon
• Charles Despiau – Eve
• Henri Matisse – a bas-relief
• Barbara Hepworth – Helikon
• Henri Laurens – Les Ondines
• Eric Gill – Mankind
• Henry Moore – Recumbent Figure 1938, Three Standing Figures 1947
• Jacques Lipchitz – Figure
• Aristide Maillol – The Three Graces, Venus with necklace
• Jacob Epstein – Girl with Gardenias, The Visitation

1951 exhibition Sculpture

44 sculptures including ones by Mari Andriessen, Bill?, Butler?, Siegfried Charoux, Charles Despiau, Dobson, Jacob Epstein, Alberto Giacometti, Eric Gill, Henning?, Barbara Hepworth, Maurice Lambert, Jacques Lipchitz, Aristide Maillol, Giacomo Manzù, Constantin Meunier, Henry Moore, Antoine Pevsner?, Auguste Rodin and Karel Vogel?.

1960 exhibition Sculpture in the open air

42 sculptures were shown^[11] from British and French contemporary sculptors.^[8]

List of sculptors: Adams?, Kenneth Armitage, Jean Arp, Mark Batten, André Bloc, Brown?, Butler, Anthony Caro, Clatworthy, Lynn Chadwick, Siegfried Charoux, Richard Bentley Claughton, Marta Colvin, Hubert Dalwood, Dow?, Alan Durst, Jacob Epstein, Elisabeth Frink, Alfred Gerrard, Dora Gordine, Barbara Hepworth, Jean-Robert Ipoustéguy, Phillip King? or Peter King?, Eric Kennington, Gilbert Ledward, F. E. McWilliam, Martin?, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Uli Nimptsch, Eduardo Paolozzi, Pablo Picasso, Germaine Richier, John Skeaping, François Stahly, William Turnbull, Josefina de Vasconcellos, Vogel, Charles Wheeler, Ossip Zadkine.

• Silent film from British Pathé of the sculptures
• News report from British Pathé of the sculptures

1963 London County Council exhibition Sculpture in the open air

42 sculptures were shown, mainly from British and American contemporary artists.^[12]

List of sculptors: Adams, Peter Agostini, Kenneth Armitage, Leonard Baskin, Harry Bertoia, Brown, Butler, Anthony Caro, Alexander Calder, Lynn Chadwick, John Chamberlain, Geoffrey Clarke, Robert Clatworthy, Hubert Dalwood, George Ehrlich, Herbert Ferber, Elisabeth Frink, George Fullard, Joseph Goto, Dimitri Hadzi, Raoul Hague?, Anthony Hatwell, Barbara Hepworth, John Hoskin, Bryan Kneale, Seymour Lipton, F. E. McWilliam, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Reuben Nakian, Uli Nimptsch, Phillip Pavia, Richmond?, George Rickey, Jose de Rivera, James Rosati, Schmidt?, Jason Seley, David Smith, Richard Stankiewicz, Peter Voulkos, William Turnbull.

1966 Greater London Council exhibition Sculpture in the open air

42 sculptures were shown between May and September^[13]

List of sculptors: Adams, David Annesley, Kenneth Armitage, Michael Bolus, Brown, Antanas Braždys, Anthony Caro, Hubert Dalwood, Elisabeth Frink, George Fullard, David Hall, Barbara Hepworth, John Hoskin, Michael Kenny, King, Bryan Kneale, Kim Lim, F. E. McWilliam, Bernard Meadows, Henry Moore, Francis Morland, Eduardo Paolozzi, Pickett?, Scott?, Smith, William G. Tucker, Brian Wall

• Silent film from British Pathé of the sculptures and a visit by Princess Margaret

Battersea sculpture prize

Partial table of winners

Year	Sculptor	Title	Details
2014	Michael Pecirno	The Air Above	[14]
2013	Anna Fleming	Magpie Feather	[15]
2012	Luke Burton	This & That & These & Those	[16]
2011 (13th)	Lucy Tomlins	Concrete Country	[17][18]
2010	Dexter Dymoke	Bench	[19]
2008	Gareth Williams	Ip Dip Dip	[20]
2007	Maxine Schaffer	Buckhorn Plantain	[20]
2003	Andrew Broadbent	F-1	[20]
2002 (7th)	John Summers	Reborn	[20]
2001	Wilhelmina Baldwin	Nor'Stand	[20]
2000	Kieran Doyle	Dual Nature	[20]
1999	Steve Bunn	Rollercoaster	[20][21]
1998	Si Sapsford		[22]
1997	Thomas Ostenberg		[23]

Current

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
More images	24th East Surrey Division War Memorial	Battersea Park	1924	Eric Kennington	Sculptural group	Grade II*	[24]
More images	Three Standing Figures	Battersea Park	1948	Henry Moore	Sculptural group	Grade II	[25]
	Single Form (Memorial)	Battersea Park	1961–1962	Barbara Hepworth	Sculpture	—	[26]
More images	Brown Dog Memorial	Battersea Park	1985	Nicola Hicks	Sculpture	—	[27]
	Australian World War II Air Crew Memorial	Battersea Park	1995		War memorial	—	Erected 15 May 1995.[28][29]
	ANZAC Gallipoli War Memorial	Battersea Park	1998		War memorial	—	Opened 25 April 1998; unveiled 25 April 2000.[28][30]
	Sheep-seat	Battersea Park	2000	Mark Folds	Wooden carved bench	—	[31]
	F-1	Battersea Park	2003	Andrew Broadbent	Sculpture	—	[32]

Nine Elms

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	ROD	Embassy Gardens	2010–2014	Mohamed Qasim Ashfaq	Sculpture	—	[33][34]
	Florian	Embassy Gardens	2013	Sarah Lucas	Sculpture	—	A giant marrow cast in bronze, alluding to the vegetables sold at the nearby New Covent Garden Market.[33]
	Modern Marriage	Embassy Gardens	2014	Simon Fujiwara	Sculpture	—	[33]

Putney

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
More images	Hartley Memorial Obelisk	Putney Heath, near the A3 51°26′51.72″N 0°13′30.72″W	1776	Attributed to George Dance the Younger		Red brick, stone, concrete slab		Grade II		Erected on the centenary of the Great Fire of London "in memory of an invention for securing buildings against fire"[35]
More images	Putney War Memorial	Church Square, Putney High Street 51°27′57.37″N 0°12′49.33″W	1921					Grade II		Erected 16 June 1921 in St Mary's Churchyard; moved to the current site in 2005.[36]
	Water Finds a Level	Putney Embankment Foreshore	2022	Claire Barclay	Installation	Bronze and granite		—		Three artworks, one of which incorporates the Boat Race starting stone.[37]
	Armillary Sphere	51°27′45.24″N 0°11′57.46″W

Putney Sculpture Trail

Main article: Putney Sculpture Trail

Roehampton

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Architect / other	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
More images	Pavilion for drinking fountain and horse trough	Junction of Roehampton Lane (A306) and Medfield Street 51°26′56.64″N 0°14′23.92″W	1882	Henry Dasson	J. C. Radford	Drinking foutain	Grey and red granite	Grade II
	Mother and Child	Whitelands College, University of Roehampton	1951	Willi Soukop	—	Sculpture	Concrete and terracotta	—	[38]
More images	Roehampton War Memorial	Putney Heath 51.4504°N 0.2358°W / 51.4504; -0.2358	1952			Memorial cross	Stone	Grade II	Replaces an earlier memorial largely destroyed by bombing in World War II.[39]
	The Watchers	Alton Estate 51.4529°N 0.2453°W / 51.4529; -0.2453	1960	Lynn Chadwick	—	Sculptural group	Bronze	Grade II
More images	The Bull	Alton Estate 51.4521°N 0.2479°W / 51.4521; -0.2479	1961	Robert Clatworthy	—	Sculpture	Bronze	Grade II*
	Mother and Child	Southlands College, University of Roehampton	1972–1973	Ernst Eisenmayer	—	Sculpture	Metal	—	[40]
	Spirits of the Wood	Whitelands College, University of Roehampton	Early 21st century	Janet MacLeod	—	Sculpture	Bronze resin	—	[41]
	Dickie and Sam	outside Queen Mary's Hospital	2009	Brian Alabaster MRBS	—	Sculpture	Bronze	—
	In memory of Hugh Colin Smith	Mount Clare				Statue

Southfields

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Designation	Notes
	Southfields War Memorial	St Barnabas' churchyard 51.4427°N 0.1977°W / 51.4427; -0.1977 (Southfields War Memorial)	1919	Whitehead and Sons	Calvary	Cornish granite	Grade II	Unveiled 4 October 1919.[42]

Streatham

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	War Memorial	Streatham Cemetery 51°26′0.31″N 0°10′30.95″W

Tooting

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	St Benedict's Clock Tower	51°25′31.14″N 0°9′26.86″W	1888		Clock tower		The subject of a pound-for-pound scheme in which restoration works including timber repairs and renewal of the lead cupola were half met by a conservation grant from Wandsworth Borough Council. The tower originally adorned St Joseph's Roman Catholic college, built in 1888. In 1897 this became the Tooting Home workhouse, and then in 1930 St Benedict's Hospital, which closed in 1981.[43]
More images	Statue of Edward VII	Outside Tooting Broadway tube station, junction A24 and A217 51°25′39.97″N 0°10′4.71″W	1911	Louis Fritz Roselieb	Statue	Grade II	The inscription on the base reads ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION, 1911. Reliefs on either side show personifications of Peace and Charity.[44] This was the first statue of Edward VII to be erected after his death.[45]
	War memorial	All Saints' churchyard 51.4302°N 0.1571°W / 51.4302; -0.1571 (War memorial in All Saints' churchyard)	1920 c. 1920	?	Memorial cross	Grade II	[46]
	Cherry Tree Bench	Outside Tesco Express, Upper Tooting Road, SW17 7EN 51°25′57.42″N 0°9′49.89″W	?	?	Bench	—	[47]

Wandsworth

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Material	Dimensions	Designation	Owner / administrator	Notes
	Huguenot memorial	Mount Nod, Wandsworth 51°27′30.1″N 0°10′59.5″W
	George and Dragon	Royal Victoria Patriotic Building, Wandsworth 51°27′12.73″N 0°10′29.65″W	1857-9		Architectural sculpture					[48]
	Advertising hoarding	Wandsworth roundabout 51°27′44.69″N 0°11′7.65″W							JCDecaux	similar to another on Old Street Roundabout,[49]
	Sail	The Spit, close to mouth of the River Wandle 51°27′42.07″N 0°11′41.06″W	2003	Sophie Horton	sculpture	Etched stainless steel with powder coating	460 x 250 x 250cm			[50]
	Tide powered bell	Bell Lane Creek, The Causeway, Wandsworth 51°27′35.4″N 0°11′36.5″W	November 1993	Whitechapel Bell Foundry	Installation				Wandsworth Borough Council	Installed by the Platform arts and environment group[51]

Wimbledon

Part of Wimbledon lies outside the borough of Wandsworth; for other works located there, see List of public art in the London Borough of Merton § Wimbledon

Image	Title / subject	Location and coordinates	Date	Artist / designer	Type	Designation	Notes
	Wimbledon Park War Memorial	St Paul's churchyard, Augustus Road 51.4431°N 0.2190°W / 51.4431; -0.2190 (Wimbledon Park War Memorial)	1920	?	Calvary	Grade II	Unveiled 24 January 1920.[52]
More images	Wandsworth and Wimbledon War Memorial	Wimbledon Common 51°26′7.18″N 0°14′48.98″W	1921	Madeline Agar with Brenda Colvin	Memorial cross	Grade II	Unveiled 15 July 1925.[53][54]
	War memorial	Putney Vale Cemetery 51°26′20.05″N 0°14′45.01″W					Tucked away along the side wall, close to the Stag Lane entrance, next to a branch of ASDA, is this forgotten memorial. It appears to have only women's names.
More images	Tangier Regiment of Foot War Memorial	Putney Heath	1961	?	Stone of remembrance	—	Additional inscriptions recording the formation in 1959 of the regiment's successor, the Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment, were added in 1986.[55]

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