Winged Figure, including plinth and applied lettering

Winged Figure by (Dame) Barbara Hepworth, erected 1963. The work was founded by Morris Singer, Walthamstow, and is mounted on the east elevation of the John Lewis Oxford Street store (which is not listed), facing onto the south end of Holles Street.

The materials are aluminium alloy with stainless steel rods.

Winged Figure is a concave form of two wing-like projections of unequal height, joined in the middle. The wings curve outwards away from the building on the vertical axis, and curve in towards each other at the top and bottom. Both wings are pierced with an irregularly-shaped hole. Fine steel rods connect the wings diagonally at opposing points along their outer edge, an arrangement which creates a sense of twisting movement and flow.

The back of the piece is fixed to the wall, but it also stands on a small inverted L-shaped bracket. Beneath is an inscription in raised letters: WINGED FIGURE 1963 / BY BARBARA HEPWORTH.