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Angular Figure (© Estate of F E McWilliam)
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© Estate of F E McWilliam

Angular Figure

Artist: F E McWilliam (1909 - 1992)

Location: Bolton Museum & Art Gallery

Date: 1934

Materials: cherry wood

Dimensions: 104 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,150 (Total: £12,600)

Vendor: Mayor Gallery

Review number: 3883 (1993)

Provenance:
The artist's estate; The Albemarle Gallery; The Mayor Gallery.

Description:
This sculpture is a variation on McWilliams' theme of biomorphic abstraction. Limbs enclose a space where the torso would be in a traditional sculpture, perhaps intended as an inversion of Rodin's belief that the torso could represent the whole human body.

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