Survey Data
Reg No
50100531
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic, Technical
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1965 - 1970
Coordinates
315929, 233394
Date Recorded
14/03/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding abstract cast bronze monument by Henry Moore, erected 1967, in memory of poet W.B. Yeats and entitled 'Knife Edge'. Larger than life-size and set on low round-plan metal base atop wider, low rubble granite plinth and set in slightly larger cobbled area within broader paved garden area. Rectangular metal plaque within garden has lettering 'W.B. Yeats 1865-1939. A tribute in bronze by Henry Moore. Erected by admirers of the poet October 1967.'
Appraisal
The celebrated British sculptor, Henry Moore, created this memorial in bronze to the memory of W.B. Yeats, the Nobel Prize-winning poet. It is a rare example of an abstract depiction of a person and the only one of its kind in the large group of memorials in St. Stephen's Green. A notable piece of bronze casting, it stands within an area of hard landscaping on the site of former glasshouses, the various stepped areas providing ample seating for viewing.