Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Statue of Philip Larkin walking on the train station hall. On his 'shadow' in front of him is the text:

Around the statue there are five quotations of Larkin in black circles:

• Reaching for the / world, as our lives do, / As all lives do, reaching / that we ma give / The best of what we are / and hold as true: / Always it is by bridges / that we live.
• What are days for? / Days are where we live. / They come they wake us / Time and time over. / They are to be happy in: / Where can we live but days?
• A lighted / memory no / miles eclipse, / A harbour for the / heart against / distress.
• The / sun-comprehending glass, / And beyond it, the deep / blue air, that shows / Nothing, and is nowhere / and is endless.
• Struck, I leant / More promptly out / next time, more curiously, / And saw it all again / in different terms

To the left the sculpture The Journey

Sculptor

• Martin Jennings, English sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

• Vic Allen, Monumental Oversights: Public sculpture in Yorkshire (Halifax 2019).
• Hull Daily Mail, 17 February 2019, The fascinating stories behind some of Hull's most famous statues.
• The Guardian, 30 May 2017, 'What a hole': Hull has embraced Philip Larkin – but did the love go both ways?.

Tags

• Town: Hull
• County: East Riding of Yorkshire
• Subdivision: Yorkshire & Humberside
• Country: Great Britain
• Jennings, Martin
• Larkin, Philip
• Stand-by-me statue
• Statue (man)
• Writer / poet

Locatie (N 53°44'38" - W 0°20'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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