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5 - Upright Motive No 7
This work is one of three upright motives (nos 7, 1 and 2) that are often shown together, notably at the Kröller Müller museum in Holland.
The figures are all different. The sentry-like forms are confident and solid; their truncated forms have nooks and crannies, deep grooves and intriguing orifices. The motives seem to be life-size - though in reality they are twice as big - and appear ambiguously figurative.
It alwmost looks like the sheer weight of the top is squashing the base out
Looks like jelly babies playing piggy-back! More than 20 years on since graduating I still get excited at the prospect of seeing his workF.B., London