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Posted: 06 Sep 2018

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Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto

Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto
The sculpture is Henry Moore's Three-Way Piece No. 2: Archer.

The PiP shows another outdoor Moore in Toronto. The Art Gallery of Ontario has 900 other pieces by him.

The National Gallery in Berlin also has a cast of this -- the Toronto fundraising campaign fell short, so Moore knocked the price down in return for being allowed to sell a second cast.

The Didrichsen Art Museum in Helsinki has a much smaller marble version.

kiiti, Sarah P., William Sutherland, Gabi Lombardo and 3 other people have particularly liked this photo

16 comments - The latest ones
 The Limbo Connection
The Limbo Connection club
I love the grand scale of these things, and that those who gaze upon them perceive different things. Sometimes I wonder how much sandpaper was needed to get them smooth.
5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to The Limbo Connection club
An interesting thought, TLC. A cursory check revealed that sawing, welding, and carving seem to be involved.

My chief thought on looking at this is chiefly that it should be much bigger.
5 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
A lot to see again. And a nice composition transforming the sculpture into everyday-life. Art meets social reality !
5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks, Ulrich. Children like to play on the sculpture in the PiP.
5 years ago.
 J. Gafarot
J. Gafarot club
Wonderful contrast and what a pleasure to feel so very much in the in the middle of urban life as it shows freely here.
5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to J. Gafarot club
There's something going on every weekend at the square, Jos&eacute, and often during the week.
5 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
Amazing sculpture. The shape is wonderful and I love the way the guy lying on the plinth almost mimics it.
5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Jean
I didn't pay him to do that, either, Jean.
5 years ago.
 rdhinmn
rdhinmn club
What a lot of detail - but the "talon" dominates the shot such that there is a unequivocal subject. I'm glad you didn't title it Subs n' Tubs.

The angle of the sculpture carves out an almost perfect shield shape above it - urban windows rampant?
5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
Torontonians love glass, too, Bob. Over the las ten or so years they've filled downtown up with glass boxes, which are not exactly ideal for the climate.
5 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
I like the fact that no one seems to be taking any notice of this huge piece of artwork...........it has become so familiar, that it is almost "invisible".
5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
The sculpture had its fiftieth anniversary two years ago, Keith. Of course, most Torontonians disapproved of it at first. Too modern -- although compared to New City Hall it's quite staid.
5 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Splendid street shot!

Admired in:
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5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks, William.
5 years ago.
 Sarah P.
Sarah P. club
lots of curves of all sizes, shapes, and colo(u)rs ...
5 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Sarah P. club
Colour is what's needed at Nathan Phillips, Sarah. Plenty of curves there, but it's all concrete. If they painted New City Hall the purple of the bowl in the picture I could love it. Or at least the south elevation. The other elevations are unrelieved concrete.
5 years ago.

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