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SRW | profile | all galleries >> Southern/Middle England >> London (inside the M25) >> The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew >> Moore at Kew: 2007-08 >> 8: Seated Woman (1958-59) tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

1: Large Reclining Figure (1984) | 2: Large Upright Internal/External Form (1981-82) | 3: Upright Motive No.2 (1955) | 4: Upright Motive No.5 (1955-56) | 5: Upright Motive No.7 (1955-56) | 6: Upright Motive No.8 (1955-56) | 7: Draped Reclining Woman (1957-58) | 8: Seated Woman (1958-59) | 9: Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge (1976) | 10: The Wall: Background for Sculpture (1962) | 11: Locking Piece (1963-64) | 12: Knife Edge Two Piece (1962-65) | 13: Large Two Forms (1966) | 14: Double Oval (1966) | 15: Large Totem Head (1968) | 16: Large Spindle Piece (1974) | 17: Oval with Points (1968-70) | 18: Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points (1969) | 19: Reclining Figure: Arch Leg (1969-70) | 20: Reclining Connected Forms (1969) | 21: Hill Arches (1973) | 22: Goslar Warrior (1973-74) | 23: Three Piece Reclining Figure: Draped (1975) | 24: Reclining Figure: Angles (1979) | 25: Reclining Figure (1982) | 26: Two Piece Reclining Figure: Cut (1979-81) | 27: Draped Reclining Mother and Baby (1983) | 28: Mother and Child: Block Seat (1983-84)

8: Seated Woman (1958-59)

This reminds me so much of a portrait that Moore drew of his mother...
-- and he often stated that such an Oedipal influence was present in many of his works...
(some more obviously than others...).

(Although this sculpture is near the main entrance,
it's actually quite hidden: especially as the light
struggles to find it throughout the day....)


No light...
No light...
Hidden
Hidden
Askance
Askance