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Henry Moore and the exploration of space.
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Book 4: 57-59(5 Illus) LAUGHLIN Clarence John. Henry Moore and the Exploration of Space.
Photographs of Reclining Figure, 1939 elm wood by Laughlin, together with a short text on the lighting and documentary-or-interpretation approach to photographing sculpture. The Onslow-Ford Reclining Figure was on loan to San Francisco Museum of Art when photographed and is described as among the most significant statuaries of our time". The feminine nature of the work is expressed and its "smaller supplementary form with a sort of serpent-like head" noted. Emotional and literary overtones arose in the photographs. See also 0007515.
Sometimes cited as a publication 1959-1960 by Thorpe and Porter (Leicester)."
Bib. Number0007363
Henry Moore and the exploration of space.
Author/EditorLAUGHLIN Clarence John
PublisherFigure
Place PublishedSkokie, Ill.
Year1957
Date & Collationc.1957(no month) 57-59(5 Moore illus)
LanguageEnglish
More InformationBound volume of six issues 1956-c.1957 of quarterly publication devoted to nude photography, together with articles on some artists.Book 4: 57-59(5 Illus) LAUGHLIN Clarence John. Henry Moore and the Exploration of Space.
Photographs of Reclining Figure, 1939 elm wood by Laughlin, together with a short text on the lighting and documentary-or-interpretation approach to photographing sculpture. The Onslow-Ford Reclining Figure was on loan to San Francisco Museum of Art when photographed and is described as among the most significant statuaries of our time". The feminine nature of the work is expressed and its "smaller supplementary form with a sort of serpent-like head" noted. Emotional and literary overtones arose in the photographs. See also 0007515.
Sometimes cited as a publication 1959-1960 by Thorpe and Porter (Leicester)."