Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
The two Henry Moores.
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Bib. Number0012167
The two Henry Moores.
Author/EditorKRAMER Hilton.
PublisherNew Criterion
Place PublishedNew York
Year1986
Date & Collation(Oct) 1-4.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationObituary, noting Moore's progress from the leading modernist artist to a representative of the old guard. Criticises public works and their proliferation, seeing his 1930s carvings as his greatest work. To be at the crossroads of abstraction and Surrealism at that historical moment to be at once an insider and an outsider in relation to both these movements proved to be a huge creative advantage for Moore...there is something to be regretted in this whole later phase of Moore's career. I was never convinced that the role of official artist really suited him.""