The Will to Proceed to the End of the Possible
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Sculpture, soft-paste porcelain with clear glaze, comprises a heavily cracked monumental rectangular plinth surmounted by a writhing mass of modelled and collaged organic forms that are both identifiable (human limbs) and ambiguous fragments that resemble folded pieces of skin, flowers and tendrils, bones and sinews, and other natural forms; covered over much of the surface with a clear glaze, with unglazed surfaces also apparent.
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Details
Collection
Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Item Number
NMW A 39566
Acquisition
Purchase - ass. Colwinston & others, 29/5/2015
Purchased with support from The Art Fund, The Colwinston Charitable Trust, The Henry Moore Foundation and The Zabludowicz Foundation
Measurements
Height (cm): 70
Width (cm): 57
Depth (cm): 51
Height (in): 27
Width (in): 20
Depth (cm): 22
Techniques
hand-built
forming
Applied Art
modelled
forming
Applied Art
assembled
forming
Applied Art
glazed
decoration
Applied Art
Material
soft-paste porcelain
Location
In store
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