Statue of Katherine Mansfield explained

Woman of Words
Artist:Virginia King
Type:steel
Height Metric:3.3
Imperial Unit:ft
Metric Unit:m
City:Wellington, New Zealand

Woman of Words is a statue of Katherine Mansfield located in Midland Park on Lambton Quay, Wellington, New Zealand, and honours the life of New Zealand writer Katherine Mansfield.[1]

The statue project was a joint commission between the Wellington Sculpture Trust, the Katherine Mansfield Society and the Wellington City Council. Part of the funding was provided by the Nikau Foundation, on behalf of the Richard and Doreen Evans Charitable Trust; other funding was provided by Apex Properties, Todd Corporation, Wellington Community Trust, Mark McGuiness and Jon Craig.[2] It was unveiled in May 2013 by Wellington's Mayor, Celia Wade-Brown.[3]

The statue is the work of New Zealand sculptor Virginia King.[4] [5] statue is made of stainless steel and embellished with words and from Mansfield's writing.[6] At night the statue is lit up from inside.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2016-06-14. New Katherine Mansfield statue unveiled in Wellington. 2020-06-14. Nikau Foundation. en-US. 14 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200614025248/https://www.nikaufoundation.org.nz/new-katherine-mansfield-statue-unveiled-wellington/. live.
  2. Web site: Wellington Sculpture Trust The Sculptures. 2020-06-14. www.sculpture.org.nz. 18 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200118131859/https://www.sculpture.org.nz/the-sculptures/woman-of-words. live.
  3. Web site: 2013-05-08. Mansfield statue at the park. 2020-06-14. Stuff. en. 14 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200614030506/http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/capital-life/8650513/Mansfield-statue-at-the-park. live.
  4. Web site: KM Sculpture. 2020-06-14. www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org. 14 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200614030156/https://www.katherinemansfieldsociety.org/katherine-mansfield-sculpture/. live.
  5. Abbott . Don . Summer 2019–2020 . Wood, Steel, Lane & Water: the sculpture of Virginia King . Art New Zealand . 172 . 50–58.
  6. Web site: Woman of words . 23 January 2023 . www.worldstainless.org . 5 August 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220805194037/https://www.worldstainless.org/files/issf/non-image-files/PDF/Built_to_Last/Woman_of_Words.pdf . live .