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.
Well done.
Comment by bfeld — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
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.
Comment by steve_bergs2127 — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
Henry Moore's Three-Piece Reclining Figure, Draped — by E25?
Comment by jenn547 — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
That's not Three Piece Reclining Figure Draped, which is located in Killian Court.
I'm not sure what piece that is.
Comment by Josef Sachs — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
I thought it was. It’s definitely the Henry Moore in Killian Court.
Comment by bfeld — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
I seem to remember there being two Moore Reclining Figures at MIT one by E25 and one in Killian Court.
Comment by jenn547 — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
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.
Comment by bfeld — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
Maybe the second was a newer gift/acquisition? I was last there 3-4 years ago
Comment by jenn547 — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
Thanks for the follow-up.
And you probably have the name right.
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/tour/13_high.html
Comment by Josef Sachs — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
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.
Comment by Josef Sachs — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am
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.
Comment by bfeld — January 7, 2009 @ 1:55 am