Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture - An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple
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Bib. Number0023210
The Lives of Sumerian Sculpture - An Archaeology of the Early Dynastic Temple
Author/EditorEVANS Jean M.
PublisherCambridge University Press
Place PublishedNew York
Year2012
Date & Collationxi.278pp.Illus.Notes.Bibliography.Index.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationBook examining the sculptures created during the Early Dynastic period (2900-2350BC) of Sumer, a region corresponding to present-day southern Iraq. 64 Passing reference to Moore in relation to Henri FRANKFORT, field director of the Iraq Expedition 1930. 66-67 British art historian, R.H. WILENSKI wrote that Sumerian statues still 'have meaning four thousand years later because the meaning of their form is permanent in kind'. In The Meaning of Modern Sculpture (1932) WILENSKI juxtaposed Moore's Mother and Child 1931 Burgundy stone (LH 100) with a statue of Gudea in the British Museum, both illustrated. 69 reference to Moore in relation to Leon Underwood's restoration of Gudea. 90 In reference to the British Museum and cluttered shelves and overcrowded cases, Moore observed in 1935 very fine pieces ... exhibited in a crowded collection can easily be overlooked"."