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Date
2-1973
Description
This bronze statue, entitled “Joyride” was made by Franta Belsky, who moved to England from Czechloslavakia in 1938. The modern statue, a mother playfully carrying her child, was unveiled in 1958 in the Stevenage Town Square. Stevenage is one of England’s “new towns”, and Belsky was commissioned in 1957 by the Development Corporation to commemorate the towns growth.
Rights
This object from the Chester E. Smolski photographic slides and publications, housed by the Rhode Island College Special Collections, and any of its digital surrogates are the intellectual property of Rhode Island College. This digital object is protected by copyright and/or related rights. The digital material presented here is licensed with a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. This content can be used, shared, or adapted for educational and scholarly purposes. For permissions to use this item please contact digitalcommons@ric.edu. All uses must include appropriate attribution.
Creator 1 Role
Photographer
Creator 2 Role
Artist
Creator 3 Dates
1921-2000
Building Type
Public sculpture
Building Style
Modernism
Subject Headings
Architecture -- Monuments -- Sculpture -- Hertforshire -- Stevenage;
Country Name
England
Region Name
Hertfordshire
City Name
Stevenage
Recommended Citation
Smolski, Chet and Belsky, Franta, "Stevenage: Franta Belsky, “Joyride”, 1958 Public Sculpture" (1973). Browse All. 494.
https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/494
Keywords
Franta Belsky; urban beautification; arts;
Notes
http://www.ourstevenage.org.uk/page_id__29_path__0p4p43p.aspx
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7H4D_Joy_Ride_Stevenage_New_Town