Peter Thursby (British, 1930 - 2011) From the series Winged...

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£500

Peter Thursby (British, 1930 - 2011)
From the series Winged Creatures or Box Spout, c. 1964
Aluminium
Signed PT to back
55 x 40 x 22cm (21.5" x 16" x 8.5")

The sculptor produced his first work in the wake of the Second World War, a time when new and brutal abstract art came into being, challenging the semi-abstract and the figurative. His early sculptures were hard and aggressive, with form sacrificed to surface qualities. In time a more human modernism took over. His work ranged in scale from the architectural and monumental to small pieces for domestic interiors. He worked with a range of materials, from cast concrete, stone and slate to bronze, stainless steel, aluminium and silver. His Winged Creatures series, and in the following creations, started a new exploration in his career as a sculptor where he regained an attention to form and organic qualities.

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