tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post6221749343161494354..comments2024-03-28T16:04:17.263+00:00Comments on ORNAMENTAL PASSIONS: 11-14 Cavendish Square W1Chris Partridgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post-1974956356784840102010-11-19T16:14:29.929+00:002010-11-19T16:14:29.929+00:00Oh wow a bit strange but very beautiful!Oh wow a bit strange but very beautiful!Momo Luna S!gnalshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170657311754852851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post-24063771403420076612010-06-16T20:30:52.761+01:002010-06-16T20:30:52.761+01:00I must say that both persons look like entrants in...I must say that both persons look like entrants in a wet-shroud competition, though Mary's womanly features have been discreetly de-emphasised (or should I say "flattened"?).<br /><br />As you can tell, I am trying to find something nice to say about the sculpture and am failing. Perhaps I should go along and see it for myself.<br /><br />It amuses me that the nuns managed to palm off their lead onto the sculptor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post-7423221144685913092010-06-16T15:53:05.139+01:002010-06-16T15:53:05.139+01:00Thanks Meg. I should have mentioned that the King&...Thanks Meg. I should have mentioned that the King's Fund lives there now, especially as the parts round the back have been re-ordered to make them a lot better looking (and provide a bike park, which I particularly admired from the saddle of my folder when I visited).<br />ChrisChris Partridgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14883064324795042491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post-29555613699731175602010-06-16T10:48:12.372+01:002010-06-16T10:48:12.372+01:00Does the son look out on us with arms outspread in...Does the son look out on us with arms outspread in blessing? Or is it a gentle prefiguration of the crucifixion yet to come?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912529977982751506.post-82357575672742996402010-06-16T09:45:23.954+01:002010-06-16T09:45:23.954+01:00I work as a librarian in 11-13 Cavendish Square (n...I work as a librarian in 11-13 Cavendish Square (now the home of The King's Fund) and off the street questions about the Epstein are definitely some of our most common enquiries!<br /><br />I believe it was also one of the first post-war public statues.Meghttp://www.intergalactic.nunoreply@blogger.com