The work is part of Moore's Spindle series of sculptures, which was exhibited in Hyde Park in London in 1968.

The series was inspired by a detail of Michelangelo's painting on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, where God's hand reaches towards Adam's finger.

The sculpture is an amorphous twisting flowing form, pierced by a hole, with a point bursting out from each side.

[6] Examples of the bronze working model are displayed at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan, and the Modern Art Centre José de Azeredo Perdigão [pt] in Lisbon.

[7] The working model was then enlarged to create an edition of "6+1" bronzes (including the artist's cast, numbered "0/6"), cast by the Hermann Noack foundry in Berlin in 1974, entitled Large Spindle Piece, which is 3.35 metres (132 in) high.