Alabaster on slate base
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Swan
Presented by D.H. Conner 1932
abstraction
animals: birds
figure
from recognisable sources
swan
<p>Like Epstein's Jacob and the Angel and the sculptures opposite these works are carved from alabaster which probably originated in Derbyshire, England. One of the characteristics of alabaster is its translucency. The passage of light through the wing adds an appropriate lightness to Lambert's Swan, while Skeaping's Gazelle seems almost to glow. The softness of the stone facilitated the carving of the details of the gazelle and its accompanying palm tree.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture alabaster slate
Swan
object: 387 × 622 × 349 mm
Presented by D.H. Conner 1932
<p>Like Epstein's Jacob and the Angel  and 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/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculptures</span></a> opposite these  works are carved from <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/alabaster" title="Glossary definition for 'Alabaster'"><span>alabaster</span></a> which probably originated in Derbyshire, England. One of the characteristics  of alabaster is its translucency. The passage of light through the wing adds  an appropriate lightness to Lambert's Swan, while Skeaping's Gazelle seems almost to glow. The softness of the stone facilitated the carving of the details of the gazelle and its accompanying palm tree.</p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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<p><b>N04640</b> SWAN 1932
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<br/>Inscr. ‘M.L.’
<br/>Alabaster, 15 1/4×24 1/2×13 3/4 (38·5×62×35), on black slate base, 2 7/8×14×10 1/2 (7·5×35·5×26·5).
<br/>Presented by D. H. Conner 1932.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Lefevre Gallery, May 1932 (18).</p>
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<br/><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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2004-07-20T00:00:00
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abstraction animals: birds figure from recognisable sources swan