It's a wonderful thing this Internet malarkey sometimes! I was looking for information about this statue today and on the back is written just "Bunton" so, wondering if he might have been the sculptor I googled "Bunton Sculptor". It was a long shot, and I didn't get the information I was looking for but it turns out there is a sculptor called Tim Bunton and, although he is far too young to be the creator of this 1960s head, it turns out that heads are quite the speciality. But as I scrolled through his blog, all the way back in 2008, I found a post with photos of these amazing and beautiful sculptures: classic poems engraved onto 12" granite spheres and placed on low friction bases so they can be easily turned and read... just lovely!
