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Reclining Figure: Working Model for Lincoln Center Sculpture, (sculpture). Artist:  Moore, Henry, 1898-1986, sculptor. Title:  Reclining Figure: Working Model for Lincoln Center Sculpture, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Reclining Figure - Bronze Edition 1 of 2, (sculpture). Cut-Out Figure, (sculpture). Dates:  1963. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 96 x 45 x 38 in. Inscription:  unsigned Description:  An abstract depiction of reclining human form. The figure is separated into two parts --the torso and the legs. Subject:  Figure -- Full length Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Cambridge Model Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, List Visual Arts Center 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Located Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Courtyard of Wiesner Building, 3 Ames Street, in front of Medical Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Remarks:  The sculpture was a gift of Vera Glaser List in memory of Samuel Glaser, Class of 1925. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Art and Architecture at MIT: A Walking Tour of the Campus," Committee on the Visual Arts, 2nd ed., Sept. 1988, pg. 78. The inscription on a nearby plaque reads: GIFT OF/VERA GLASER LIST/IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL GLASER/CLASS OF 1925/HENRY MOORE/BORN 1898/RECLINING FIGURE/1963/WORKING MODEL FOR/LINCOLN CENTER SCULPTURE/BRONZE, EDITION 1 OF 2. References:  Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 102. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994. Inventory staff, 2001. Illustration:  Image on file. Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988, pg. 102. Related Works:  Model for: 87870189. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 87740130   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 87740130 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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