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Crouching woman

BUTLER, Reginald

© Reginald Butler/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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This small, abstract sculpture is made from forged and welded iron. The artist, Reg Butler, had previously worked as an assistant to Henry Moore, a sculptor well-known for his simple, smooth and shapely figures. In contrast, the spiky, linear form of Butler's Crouching Woman is very different from Moore’s full-bodied women. She has a thin, awkward, insect-like body and crouches on her three legs as though about to pounce. The shapes made by her body are at once uncomfortable, strange and menacing.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 1758

Creation/Production

BUTLER, Reginald
Date:

Acquisition

Purchase, 7/12/1992

Measurements

Height (cm): 38.1
Width (cm): 19.6
Depth (cm): 15.4
Height (in): 15
Width (in): 7
Depth (in): 6

Material

iron

Location

In store
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Tags

  • Art And Design Movements
  • Butler, Reginald
  • Female Figure
  • Figure Study
  • Fine Art
  • People
  • Post 1900
  • Representational
  • Sculpture

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