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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Twentieth Century British and Irish Art.

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Twentieth Century British and Irish Art.
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Bib. Number0014734

Twentieth Century British and Irish Art.

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PublisherPhillips
Place PublishedLondon
Year
Date & Collation(5 Nov).
LanguageEnglish
More InformationSale 28794. Lot 86(6 illus) Henry Moore: one Sculpture 1930. Six views of Figure, 1930 ebony to be sold by order of the Executors of the late Mrs. L.E. Ventris, including photograph showing the carving in the dining room of Mrs. Ventris circa 1939. Bibliography. List of Exhibitions. Two-page text by Norbert LYNTON on Moore's influences, and carving as the great modern challenge to the young sculptor. Outlines Moore's other carvings in wood, his use of the vertical figure and of the female form. Discusses the composition of the Figure and the treatment of the head, shoulders, back and arms. The curving left arm makes a recess for the absent child perhaps...One arm is mighty the other more caressing.""