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: WMPAY8
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: Henry Moore
Media (materials) used: Bronze
Location (specific park, transit center, library, etc.): Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Date of creation or placement: 1968
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