What a fun picture of me and Kevin Parent (now at Oblong) that someone found and gave me yesterday. I was a sophomore at MIT and probably 19 (although maybe 18). Oh to be 170 pounds again.
Can you name the statue? Bonus points if you can name the location on the MIT campus.
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Well done.
1) I would have had no idea about the statue had Jenn not posted the answer
2) I would have recognized Kevin but not you.
I'm sure that I weighed more than you then but I weigh more than you now, too. Those were good times.
Henry Moore's Three-Piece Reclining Figure, Draped — by E25?
That's not Three Piece Reclining Figure Draped, which is located in Killian Court.
I'm not sure what piece that is.
I thought it was. It’s definitely the Henry Moore in Killian Court.
I seem to remember there being two Moore Reclining Figures at MIT one by E25 and one in Killian Court.
Hmmm. It has been about 23 years – maybe my memory isn’t working right. I guess I’ll go figure it out definitively when I’m back on campus in June.
Maybe the second was a newer gift/acquisition? I was last there 3-4 years ago
Thanks for the follow-up.
And you probably have the name right.
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/tour/13_high.html
I've heard that the memory is the second thing to go.
Anyway, on this interactive map, you can see (small)
images of the two Moore pieces at MIT:
http://listart.mit.edu/map
"Three-Piece Reclining Figure, Draped" is in Killian Court,
and "Reclining Figure (Working Model for Lincoln Center
Sculpture)" is near E-25 (Wiesner Plaza?).
Neither of them appear to be the piece in your photo.
Mystery solved. I totally blew this one. It’s actually the Henry Moore in Harvard Yard. http://jimyoung14.blogspot.com/2006/09/classic-ar... I think it’s called Four-Piece Reclining Figure but I’m not 100% sure. Regardless, I have no idea what Kevin and I were doing hanging around Harvard Yard. Whatever it was, it must have been “trouble” of some sort.