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Graceful Movement
Washington Matafi

Springstone

28cm (h)
33cm (w)
26cm (d)

13kg

SOLD

This is a very elegant sculpture with graceful clean lines. It is the smallest piece of the selection of work from Washington this year.

Washington was one of four finalists in the sculpture category in the prestigious National Arts Merit Awards (NAMA) 2009.

Springstone is the local name for a hard variant of serpentine stone. It is a particularly good sculpture medium, as it has a very even internal structure of small grains of rock; it is dense and has very few flaws. It is the favoured medium for Zimbabwe's most famous sculptors.

stone sculpture by Zimbabwean Shona artist Washington Matafi: view 4
thumbnail 1 of stone sculpture 'Graceful Movement' by Zimbabwean Shona artist Washington Matafi thumbnail 2 of stone sculpture 'Graceful Movement' by Zimbabwean Shona artist Washington Matafi thumbnail 3 of stone sculpture 'Graceful Movement' by Zimbabwean Shona artist Washington Matafi