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Supporting museums Art we've helped buy Angel Torso

Angel Torso

Sir Jacob Epstein

Art Funded
1962
Dimensions
157 cm
Art Fund grant
£250 (Total: £1,250)
Vendor
Epstein Estate
The third and final cast of 'Angel Torso'.

This figure surges forward with powerful movement. There are no arms and the wings are embryonic. The head bears long, flowing hair.

Bronze

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Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Alexandra Road, Swansea, SA1 5DZ
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Tuesday - Sunday, 10am-5pm. Last admission 4.40pm

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Art we’ve helped buy at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Untitled (Abstract I)
 Acquired 2000
Trewarveneth
 Acquired 1993
Town of Llangollen and bridge
 Acquired 1942
The Midden of Gold
 Acquired 1949
Stage design from the Ricketts Collection
 Acquired 1932
St George and the Dragon
 Acquired 2010
South Wales View (Swansea West)
 Acquired 2003
Self Portrait with Miners
 Acquired 1987
Pere la Chaise, Paris
 Acquired 1942
Pembroke Castle
 Acquired 1963
Oyster Dredgers in Swansea Bay
 Acquired 1973
Llanthony Abbey
 Acquired 1942
Landscape
 Acquired 1936
Landscape
 Acquired 1936
Lady in a Crinoline dress
 Acquired 1947
Halden Belvedere from the Exe
 Acquired 1942
Emmy as a Bridesmaid
 Acquired 1984
Du Maurier Bequest
 Acquired 1934
Daedalus finding the Body of Icarus
 Acquired 1973
Collection of four drawings
 Acquired 1961
Collection of Etchings
 Acquired 1939
Collection of drawings
 Acquired 1945
Carreg Cennen Castle
 Acquired 1943
Cader Idris
 Acquired 1936
By the Seine
 Acquired 1945
Bettws-Y-Coed
 Acquired 1943
Beast
 Acquired 2008
Angel Torso
 Acquired 1962


Exhibitions at Glynn Vivian Art Gallery

Ceri Richards, Music of Colours, White Blossom, 1968

Dylan Thomas: Music of Colour

  • Glynn Vivian Art Gallery
  • Until 10 February 2019

Image credit

1 . Angel Torso

© Tate, London 2006

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