UNUSUAL'FIGURE

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1939, Page 15

UNUSUAL'FIGURE

UNITED KINGDOM COURT

The.sculptured figure dominating the central section of. .the United Kingdom Court'at,,the Exhibition is one* thst*is bound to excite'a. considerable" amount* of comment,irom visitors. 'It is larger than life size and is by Maurice Lambert. ........ .'"'... '.„,"... ...'. "... . ':

The figure is an' unusual Work. The theme of the building is communications .and. transport, and the figure has been 'conceived asa symbol of power —reaching the earth from anunknown source. What makes it so unusual is that, although: the.-facial, features are orthodox, the "body, arms,' and legs are distorted for the purpose of giving added strength. ..to, the design. The figure's ariris are almost.as Ttliick as its thighs;, it-has disproportionately large hands; and feet and^a slim trunk and hips.-. The feet are.touching a globe, and between the large hands are held spindle-shaped forms,'... symbolical of [energy, from which, the waves of power in ■ the-, form of winding strips curve down.to the globe beneath.

It is intended that the-figure should be.striking, and there is no doubt about it achieving- this effect. *

■ The interior of this fine,. any court is almost complete, and within a day or two now.the,many hundreds of models it is to house will be in position. These models include ships, aeroplanes, locomotives, and motorcars from the early days to modern times. .