19 December 2005 The four Nobel Peace Prize Laureate sculptures: by Claudette Schreuders 19 December 2005 Peace and Democracy: a sculpture by Noria Mabasa 19 December 2005 Laureate Information 19 December 2005 The Process Followed in Appointing the Nobel Square Artists 19 December 2005 Wording of the Nobel Square plaque

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Nobel Square, paying tribute to South Africa’s four Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, the late Nkosi Albert Luthuli, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, former State President FW de Klerk and former President Nelson Mandela, is located between the V&A Hotel and CD Wherehouse in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town, South Africa. The Square was officially unveiled by Western Cape Premier Ebrahim Rasool on Reconciliation Day, 16 December 2005.

The four bronze Nobel Peace Prize Laureate sculptures stand in the form of a crescent on a 50cm high granite plinth on Nobel Square, approximately 1,5m apart from each other. They are slightly larger than life size. Preferred quotations by the Laureates in their chosen language have been engraved in front of each sculpture. The quotes run across the Square in South Africa’s eleven official languages.

The four quotes are:

"What is important is that we can build an homogeneous South Africa on the basis not of colour but of human values."

- Albert Luthuli, awarded the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize

"A person is a person through other people."

- Desmond Tutu, awarded the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize

"Our new Constitution is a powerful symbol of reconciliation, justice and of the ending of centuries of conflict."

- F.W. de Klerk, awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

"Never, never and never again shall it be that this beautiful land will

experience the oppression of one by another."

- Nelson Mandela, awarded the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize

The Peace and Democracy sculpture, a narrative work acknowledging the contribution of women and children to the attainment of peace in South Africa, also stands on a 50cm high granite plinth (1350mm x 1350mm), but more to the centre of Nobel Square.

The distance between the four Laureate sculptures and Peace and Democracy, also cast in bronze, is 16m. The outer area of Nobel Square, for which pinkish Namibian granite has been used, is 605 square metres, while the inner granite area is 386 square metres. The Square’s sculptures and trees are illuminated at night.

Claudette Schreuders produced the four sculptures of the Laureates at her studio in Observatory, Cape Town, working in polystyrene and plaster. All four sculptures were cast over a period of five months at Sculpture Casting Services in Strand, Western Cape, at a temperature of 1150 degrees Celsius.

Height: 2 070mm

Width: 800mm

Depth: 500mm

Weight: 196kg

Desmond Tutu Sculpture

Height: 2 000mm

Width: 750mm

Depth: 550mm

Weight: 221kg

FW de Klerk Sculpture

Height: 2 100mm

Width: 750mm

Depth: 600mm

Weight: 180.5kg

Nelson Mandela Sculpture

Height: 2 150mm

Width: 740mm

Depth: 450mm

Weight: 175.5kg

THE PEACE AND DEMOCRACY SCULPTURE:

Height: 1530mm

Width: 1030mm

Depth: 800mm

Weight: +/- 420kg

For more information visit www.nobelsquare.com