Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Scale in Sculpture: The Sixties and Henry Moore - Rothenstein Lecture
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Bib. Number0022560
Scale in Sculpture: The Sixties and Henry Moore - Rothenstein Lecture
Author/EditorWAGNER Anne
PublisherTate Online Research Publications
Place PublishedLondon
Year2011
Date & Collation13pp.Illus.Notes.Acknowledgements.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationA4 copy of online research paper, originally written for presentation as the Rothenstein Lecture at Tate Britain 2010. Discussion of size and scale; position of the sculptor and the exhibition viewer in relation to the sculptural object; bodily relationships; small studies made by Moore, often using found objects; scaling up from maquette to monumental scale; perception and comparative relation of scale; working with assistants and production process; the practice of enlargement; substitution and Freud.
Various illus: Moore's passport 1955; Tate quesionnaire completed by Moore 1940s (Tate archive); Moore with Reclining Figure 1929 (LH 59) and Mask 1930 green stone, (LH 77); viewers in Henry Moore exhibition, Tate 2010; Moore working on polystyrene for Large Square Form with Cut 1969-71; interior of polystyrene version of The Arch; view of a display illustrating enlargement techniques; polystyrene enlargement process; Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 bronze, (LH 482a).