Alabaster

Alabaster is a soft white or translucent stone, it is a fine-grained marble-like variety of gypsum

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Selected artists in the Collection
Selected artworks in the Collection

Its softness enables it to be carved readily into elaborate forms making it a popular material for carved sculpture. It is also often used for ornamental stonework, though its solubility in water makes it unsuitable for outdoor work.

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Sculpture

Three-dimensional art made by one of four basic processes: carving, modelling, casting, constructing
Sculpture

Three-dimensional art made by one of four basic processes: carving, modelling, casting, constructing
Medium

Medium can refer to both to the type of art (e.g. painting, sculpture, printmaking), as well as the materials an artwork is made from

Selected artists in the Collection

Dame Barbara Hepworth

1903–1975
Sir Jacob Epstein

1880–1959
Maurice Lambert

1901–1964
Henry Moore OM, CH

1898–1986

Selected artworks in the Collection

Left Right

Jacob and the Angel
Sir Jacob Epstein
1940–1
Amour
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska
1913
Sculpture with Profiles
Dame Barbara Hepworth
1932
Four-Piece Composition: Reclining Figure
Henry Moore OM, CH
1934
Swan
Maurice Lambert
exhibited 1932

Alabaster

Related terms and concepts

Sculpture

Sculpture

Medium

Selected artists in the Collection

Dame Barbara Hepworth

Sir Jacob Epstein

Maurice Lambert

Henry Moore OM, CH

Selected artworks in the Collection

Jacob and the Angel

Amour

Sculpture with Profiles

Four-Piece Composition: Reclining Figure

Swan

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