Find the Leaping Hare of Broadgate Circle
Updated: 2012-02-29 08:20:00
, : skip to main skip to sidebar Tired of London , Tired of Life One thing a day to do in London A website about things to do in London Pages Home About Contact Talking to Strangers Book Public speaking 29 February 2012 Find the Leaping Hare of Broadgate Circle In a shameless attempt to mark the 29th February , the leap year anomaly which only occurs every four years , today's find is a City of London statue , the Leaping Hare On Crescent And Ball by controversial modernist sculptor Barry Flanagan . Located on Broadgate Circle , the statue is one of many of leaping hares by Welsh-born Flanagan , who died in 2009 at the age of 68. It was installed at Broadgate in 1988, For more on Flanagan , see http : www.telegraph.co.uk news obituaries culture-obituaries art-obituaries 6190100
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