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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/george-frederic-watts-586" aria-label="More by George Frederic Watts" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">George Frederic Watts</a>
Clytie
Presented by the artist 1900
actions: postures and motions
adults
classical myths: gods and heroes
Clytie
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
female
love
nudes
people
plants and flowers
religion and belief
sunflower
twisting
woman
<p>Clytie was Watts’s first large sculpture. In his Metamorphoses, the Roman poet Ovid tells of an ocean nymph named Clytie, who fell in love with the sun-god Apollo. When he deserted her, she was changed into a sunflower that turns its head to follow the sun on its daily course from east to west.</p><p>Watts shows her metamorphosing into a flower, while also suggesting movement over time through the musculature and torsion of the body. He said he wanted to get an impression of colour, by which he meant the variation of light and shade across the surface of the sculpture.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
sculpture bronze
1 January 2001
1 August 2009 – 28 February 2027
2027-02-28
2009-08-01
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
http://www.vam.ac.uk
2001-01-01
Long loan to V&A
Loan-out
3 February 2003 – 25 August 2003
2003-08-25
3 February 2003 – 5 May 2003
2003-05-05
2003-02-03
Castle Museum (Norwich, UK)
24 May 2003 – 25 August 2003
2003-08-25
2003-05-24
Millennium Gallery (Sheffield, UK)
http://www.sheffieldgalleries.org.uk
2003-02-03
Flower Power
Loan-out
1 July 2006 – 30 June 2009
2009-06-30
30 October 2006 – 30 June 2009
2009-06-30
2006-10-30
Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK)
http://www.vam.ac.uk
2006-07-01
Victoria & Albert Museum
Loan-out
Clytie
object: 860 × 660 × 430 mm, 71 kg
Presented by <a href="/search?gid=999999783" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">the artist</a> 1900
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<span class="text15">Clytie</span><span class="text6"> was Watts’s      first large <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a>.  In his </span><span class="text15">Metamorphoses</span><span class="text6">, the Roman poet Ovid tells of an ocean nymph named Clytie,      who fell in love with the sun-god Apollo. When he deserted her, she was      changed into a sunflower that turns  its head to follow the sun on its      daily course from east to west. </span>
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<span class="text6">Watts shows her metamorphosing into a flower, while      also suggesting movement </span><span class="text14">over time through the      musculature and </span><span class="text6">torsion of the body. He said he      wanted to get an impression of colour, by which he </span><span class="text14">meant the variation of light and shade across the surface of the      sculpture. </span>
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