Karangahape RocksKarangahape Road Fountain

1968

Greer Twiss

Accessible

Type

  • Sculpture

Medium

  • Bronze
  • Fountain/water feature mechanism

Dimensions

  • H2500 x W7800 x D1550mm

Greer Twiss, ‘Karangahape Rocks’ (1967-69), Symonds Street Cemetery West, CBD, Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland

Images: Bronwyn Holloway-Smith, Public Art Heritage Aotearoa New Zealand, 2021

Description

One large and two smaller bronze discs or spherical caps, described as 'rocks' with two seated figures cast into the larger.

Designed as a fountain, Twiss had the water trickle gently down the grooves in the large discs so it would not spray out in high winds. The water feature broke down in the late 1980s and was only repaired in 2012.

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