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Aristide Maillol
The River (Begun 1938-39; completed 1943, cast 1948)
MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden
βIn a departure from the usual conventions of monumental sculpture, the figure lies low to the ground and rests apparently precariously on the pedestal, even hanging below its edge. Twisting and turning, her raised arms suggesting the pressure of some powerful current, this woman is the personification of moving water.β
visited on february 27, 1:12pm (while getting lunch from the cafeteria)