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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Gedanken zum Wesen der Plastik: einige Beschreibungen von Werken Henry Moores. (Thoughts on the essence of sculpture: some descriptions of works by Henry Moore).

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Gedanken zum Wesen der Plastik: einige Beschreibungen von Werken Henry Moores. (Thoughts on the essence of sculpture: some descriptions of works by Henry Moore).
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Bib. Number0010520

Gedanken zum Wesen der Plastik: einige Beschreibungen von Werken Henry Moores. (Thoughts on the essence of sculpture: some descriptions of works by Henry Moore).

Author/EditorHONES Waltraut.
Place PublishedBonn
Year
Date & Collation16 213-241(11 illus).Bibliog.Text in German.
LanguageGerman/
More InformationAn analysis to clarify Moore's newly conceived form creations has been attempted under the following headings": Figure and volume (Figur und Volumen) Figure and air space (Figur und Luftraum) Substance and interspace (Substanz und Zwischenraum) Substance and innerspace entwined (Substanz und Innenraum verschlungen) Cavities and rhythmic mass (Hohlraum und rhythmisierte Masse) The dual functions of space and the dual figure (Die Doppelfunktion des Raumes und die doppelte Gestalt).
Works illustrated and discussed are: Reclining Figure 1929 brown Hornton stone; Reclining Woman 1930 green Hornton stone; Standing Figure 1950 bronze; Three Piece Carving 1934 ebony; Working Model for Upright Internal/External Form 1951 bronze; Recumbent Figure 1938 green Hornton stone; Reclining Figure 1938 lead; Reclining Mother and Child 1960-1961 bronze. There is also a photograph of Chacmool."