John Skelton (1923-1999)
拍品 879 THIS LOT IS SOLD TO BENEFIT LEUKAEMIA & LYMPHOMA RESEARCH UK

John Skelton (1923-1999)

Headrest

已結束2013年11月26日

成交價

GBP 625

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John Skelton (1923-1999)
Headrest
signed and dated 'John Skelton 1977' (on the reverse)
alabaster
13¼ in. (33.6 cm.) long

Commissioned directly from the artist and thence by descent.

專家說明

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John Skelton was Eric Gill's nephew and worked with him as an apprentice shortly before Gill's death.
Skelton comments on his work, "I believe that too much detail is quite often a distraction - rather I prefer to put into the work what the memory retains, that is to say, the important features... The volume, its shape and weight and balance are what matter and, most important, the juxtaposition of one form to another. The abiding worth of a work therefore is in its composition." (J. Skelton, John Skelton: a sculptor's work, 1950 - 1975, Wellingborough, Northlants: C. Skelton, 1977, p.18.)

All proceeds from this lot's sale will go directly to The Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research charity.