The Lark Ascending

Maurice Lambert R.A., 1901 - 1964


The Lark Ascending

Maurice Lambert R.A. 1901 - 1964

Summary

A totem-like column made of three contrasting materials. A stack of eleven birds in flight, carved in oak, with their wings alternately raised and lowered, are mounted on a tall variegated alabaster pedestal, carved in a repeated double-cone form and highly polished. The whole is stood on a circular base in slate.


Object Name

The Lark Ascending

Creators Name

Maurice Lambert R.A.

Dimensions

sculpture: 134.5cm
base: 5cm
pedestal: 97.8cm

accession number

1934.203

Place of creation

London

Support

stone (base)

Medium

wood (oak)
alabaster (pedestal)

On Display

[G17] Manchester Art Gallery - Gallery 17
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Credit

Gift of Mrs D. Perry and Mrs W. Shuttleworth in memory of their father, Alderman John Bateman JP of Cheshire

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