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...this year for the worshipers at Llandaff Cathedral in Wales. Gathered to witness the hallowing of the cathedral's restored nave, which was almost completely destroyed in a wartime bombing, they also watched the dedication of a striking new statue commissioned for the occasion. The sculptor: Sir Jacob Epstein, the U.S.-born artist who moved to Britain and became one of the world's greatest living artists. See ART, Of Hope and Peace...
...dean of Llandaff Cathedral in Wales, was categorical. Restoration of the cathedral, which had been virtually destroyed in 1941 by German bombers, was being planned, and the question of a statue of Christ for the nave had been raised. "Only one man can do it," said the dean. "Jacob Epstein...
...took Sculptor Epstein a full year to mold the statue in clay, another year for it to be cast in aluminum. Then, for 18 months, while restoration of the nave proceeded, the figure remained in a crate as Sir Jacob, now 76, fretted that he might never live to see it unveiled. Last week he put aside his plaster-spattered corduroy work clothes, put on a well-worn morning suit and black Homburg and left with his wife for the pre-Easter hallowing of the restored nave and the dedication of his Christ in Majesty...
...Sculptor Epstein hoped to create "a figure that is peaceful with a message of hope and peace." Well satisfied with the result last week, he proclaimed it his "greatest act of faith and his greatest work...
BENJAMIN R. EPSTEIN New York City