Ex Nihilo, Fragment No. 1, Full-Scale
by Frederick Hart
Clay executed circa 1977-79.
Edition: 1 – 65
Artist’s Proofs: I/X-X/X
Collaborator’s Proofs: A – B
Dimensions: 43″ H x 30″ W x 24″ D.
© Washington National Cathedral
I saw Ex Nihilo (Out of Nothingness) as a single expression of creation, as the metamorphosis of divine spirit and energy. The figures emerge from the nothingness of chaos, caught in the moment of eternal transformation — the majesty and mystery of divine force in a state of becoming.
-Frederick Hart
Ex Nihilo, Fragment No. 1. Detail from the full-scale plaster for the final stone sculpture of Ex Nihilo, commissioned as part of The Creation Sculptures at Washington National Cathedral. Bronze edition authorized by Washington National Cathedral.