The council's top executive said he offered the government its art collection in exchange for writing off the debt.

Champions of modernism such as Jacob Epstein, Henry Moore and Barbara Hepworth heralded an extraordinary renaissance in 20th Century British sculpture that would resonate throughout the art world.

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