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East Wind
Purchased 1929
actions: postures and motions
adults
East Wind - flying figure
flying
male
man
nature
nudes
people
symbols and personifications
weather
wind
<p>Gill pioneered a return to traditional craft skills, in particular stone carving. In 1928 he led a team of sculptors commissioned to carve reliefs symbolising the four winds for the exterior of the new London Underground headquarters at St James’s Park station. These are copies he made later. The style of the reliefs demonstrates Gill’s admiration for English and French medieval sculpture.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2016</em></p>
sculpture bath stone
25 June 2001 – 2 August 2004
2004-08-02
25 June 2001
2001-06-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-06-25
Modern Art and Tradition
Collection based display
30 November 2012 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
30 November 2012
2012-11-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-30
Gallery 3
Collection based display
The East Wind
object: 254 × 705 × 102 mm
Purchased 1929
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<p>Gill pioneered a return to traditional craft skills, in particular stone carving. In 1928 he led a team of sculptors commissioned to carve reliefs symbolising the four winds for the exterior of the new London Underground headquarters at St James’s Park station. These are copies he made later. The style of the reliefs demonstrates Gill’s admiration for English and French medieval sculpture.</p>
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<p><b>N04487</b> THE EAST WIND 1928
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Portland stone, 10×27 3/4×4 (25·5×30·5×10).
<br/>Purchased from the Goupil Gallery (Grant-in-Aid) 1929.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> <i>Goupil Gallery Salon</i>, Goupil Gallery, November 1929 (193).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Kineton Parkes, <i>The Art of Carved Sculpture</i>, 1, 1931, p.80; <i>Letters</i>, 1947, p.246.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> National Gallery, Millbank [Tate Gallery], <i>Review of the Acquisitions, 1927–29</i>, 1930, p.36.</p>
<p>The model for the ‘East Wind’ on the north side of the west wing of St James's Park Underground Station (not visible from the street). One of the three <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/r/relief" title="Glossary definition for 'Relief'"><span>reliefs</span></a> of ‘Winds’ carved by Gill from the series of eight; he was the leader of the team of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptors</span></a> consisting of Eric Aumonnier, A. H. Gerrard, Henry Moore, F. Rabinovich and Allan Wyon. He noted in his diary (in the possession of his brother Evan Gill) that he made the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> on stone on 13 November 1928, carved the models on 15th–17th and ‘started sculptures in situ’ on 20th. Gill's model for the ‘South Wind’ was exhibited at the same time at the Goupil Gallery (192) and the model for the ‘North Wind’ (in reverse) was given by Mrs Frank Pick to the V. &amp; A. in 1942.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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2004-10-06T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults East Wind - flying figure flying male man nature nudes people symbols and personifications weather wind