Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Reclining Figure: Henry Moore's sculpture for the U.N.E.S.C.O. Building in Paris.
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For Spanish version of the commentary see 0007146.
Bib. Number0007179
Reclining Figure: Henry Moore's sculpture for the U.N.E.S.C.O. Building in Paris.
Publisher(Altana)
Place PublishedLondon
Year1959
Date & Collation14 mins.Colour.Sound.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationProduced with the Arts Council of Great Britain. Directed by Dudley Shaw ASHTON. Commentary written and spoken by Philip HENDY. Views of U.N.E.S.C.O. Reclining Figure, 1957-1958 travertine marble in Paris, to quotations from published statements by Moore on carving. The initial concepts of groups of figures in bronze, superimposed on background of U.N.E.S.C.O. building, and with their own walls as background. Decision to make a single large figure in the same material as the building. Moore spent six months creating a half size plaster in England. Moore in Carrara which he visited five times to select and approve the four stones to be put together in one 60 ton figure, to instruct the carvers, and to put finishing touches on his last visit in August 1958. Moore is seen in Paris with the carving, and Hendy comments on the power of the work as a symbol of man and nature.For Spanish version of the commentary see 0007146.