
Sculpture
Carving, c. 1960
John Acland
Slate
120 x 40 x 4 mm
[062 1987 M]
On display
About the artist
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Acland carved this small piece of slate while on holiday in Cornwall. He gave it as a present to Jim Ede, who wrote of it: “Acland was a sports fiend and may quite subconsciously have thought of the Olympic Games sign. If you hold it in your hands, or pull gently or twist, it seems to move.”
