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0008649
Author/Editor: BELL Clive.
Publisher: The Arts
Place Published: London
Year: 1947
Date & Collation: 2 1947 13-18(1 Moore illus).
Description: Bell translates festina lente as 'gently hurrying'. An article on art critics and appreciation, in which he reproduces and briefly discusses Four Grey Sleepers, 1941 drawing. The monumental drawing needs concentrated attention in order to appreciate the subtleties of composition and technique.
0008769
Author/Editor: SACKVILLE-WEST Edward.
Publisher: The Arts
Place Published: London
Year: 1946
Date & Collation: 1 1946 32-36(9 illus).
Description: Reclining Figure, 1945-1946 elm wood is photographed in progressive stages, with a short appreciation by Sackville-West. Being carved in wood its lines are more fluid than those of the contemporary Dartington memorial figure... The head is the first part to emerge from the solid block because it gives the scale of the whole... One could explore this figure as one explores a cave...created by the rhythmic erosion of the sea...""