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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Artists Making Landscapes in Post-War Britain

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Artists Making Landscapes in Post-War Britain
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Bib. Number0024189

Artists Making Landscapes in Post-War Britain

Author/EditorGARLAKE Margaret
Place PublishedLondon
Year
Date & Collation320pp.illus.
LanguageEnglish
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Book on the representation and re-interpretation of landscape in British art, 1943-1967. Several mentions of Moore's sculpture, including specific mention of the Family Group at Barclay School, Stevenage, the Harlow Family Group, and Draped Seated Woman in Tower Hamlets (all illus.). Also mentioned in connection with Moore is Trevor Tennant's Gulliver, described as being based on Moore's reclining figure sculptures. Discussion of the postwar demand for Moore's work as public art; his early association with CND, and the parallels between his reclining figures and Bill Brandt's abstract nude photographs.