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DAVID NASH, R.A. (B.1945) Cracked Egg oak 20 1/2 x 39 x 23 in. (52 x 99 x 58.5 cm.) Executed in 1996. Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot. The egg form is deeply ‘known’. From birds’ eggs, to tree buds, the shape signifies an encapsulation of life to come, a concentration, a distillation of all that is complex in nature. Simple, primal, potent, precious. Make an egg of clay then push the form into a head, a seal, a fish, a bear - every form. The egg sits in space between interior and exterior. Inside time is paused, outside time rushes on. The Surface is all one, curving, rounded, elliptical The relationship of two different radii at either end and the stretch between the ends all vary so that every egg is unique. Its shape and posture – vertical, angled or lying – the material and size all speak to our subliminal ‘knowing’ of the egg. David Nash, quoted in N. Lynton, David Nash, London, 2007, p. 129.