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june 07, 2017 - Sotheby

Taking shape: 20th-century sculpture from the Bloch family collection

Highlight of Sotheby’s Forthcoming London Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale this June 2017

Encompassing the full sweep of 20th-century sculpture - through figurative and abstract work, the diverse approaches of male and female artists, and disparate geographical origins (from Taiwan to Cornwall to the Côte d'Azur) - ‘Taking Shape’ is a rare collection that was passionately assembled over the course of 40 years by Mary and George Bloch. A couple who were ahead of the curve in their approach to collecting important pieces by a diverse group of international artists before a number of them had found international recognition, their collection of sculpture unites European Modernism, the height of post-war British art, as well as the roots of Cubism and kinetic experimentation.

Each of the 22 works in this collection represents the visions of some of the world’s finest artists, including Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miró, Jean Dubuffet, Alexander Calder, Alberto Giacometti, Henri Laurens, Barry Flanagan, Jean Arp, Germaine Richier and Ju Ming. The vast majority of the collection will now appear at auction for the first time, offered as part of Sotheby’s Impressionist & Modern Art Day Sale on 22nd June 2017.

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