Henry Moore....

Göteborg, Slottsskogen, "Vilande figur", 1963 - 2012. Interesting but I never got the impression of a "reclining figure" during its time in the park.

..with a small adjustment in position suddenly the "reclining figure" is crystal clear !!

Removed from Slottsskogen on permanent basis to prevent future thefts and awaiting for conservation works. Its future placement is not decided. 

Reclining Figure....1951

The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art

"This Reclining Figure was commissioned by the Arts Council for the Festival of Britain in 1951. But I knew that the South Bank would only be its temporary home, so I didn’t worry about where it was to be placed. If I had studied a Festival site to carefully, the figure might never have been at home anywhere else. As it was, I made the figure, then found the best position I could. I was simply concerned with making a sculpture in the round. And it was out in the open most of the time I was working on it.

Henry Moore quoted in Sculpture in the Open Air: A Talk by Henry Moore on his Sculpture and its Placing in Open-Air Sites, edited by Robert Melville and recorded by the British Council 1955: typescript; copy in HMF library"

in henry-moore.org

After five decades Henry Moores sculptur at Slottsskogen has been removed....

Göteborg, Slottsskogen, "Vilande figur", 1963 - 2012

..this in order to prevent future thefts from copper thieves. So sad...!

Henry Moore....1961

"Vilande figur", Slottsskogen, Göteborg