Large Totem Head - Kansas City, MO
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N 39° 02.584 W 094° 34.774
15S E 363302 N 4322742
This is one of many art sculptures on the grounds of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City.
Waymark Code: WMPAY4
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 07/31/2015
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"Large Totem Head is a bulbous, concave form divided into two halves by a vertical plane. Frontal and iconic, it expresses a king of elegant grandeur. Large Totem Head evokes Moore's interest in the art of ancient and non-European cultures. The sculpture shares with Egyptian and African art it emphasis on stasis, reductive form and symmetry."
TITLE: Large Totem Head
ARTIST(S): Henry Moore
DATE: 1968
MEDIUM: Bronze
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 27710017
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
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