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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Henry Moore and Michael Rosenauer.

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Henry Moore and Michael Rosenauer.
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Bib. Number0011086

Henry Moore and Michael Rosenauer.

Place PublishedLondon
Year
Date & Collation(31 Oct-16 Nov).20pp(17 illus).
LanguageEnglish
More InformationSKIPWITH Peyton. Abstract sculpture and modern architecture.
(Documents the collaboration between Moore and Rosenauer on Time-Life Screen, 1952-1953 Portland stone. Proposals for Marconi House extension, the headquarters building of the English Electric Company in the Strand, were abandoned. Moore's designs have since been overlooked, despite their documentation in Architecture and Building, March 1955 (See 0007676)).
LINGARD Timothy. Michael Rosenauer, Architect (1884-1971): a biographical sketch.
(Describes his career, buildings and work with Moore and other artists).
Catalogue.
Photographs and introduction to:
1. Time-Life Screen: Maquette No. 4, 1952 plaster.
2. Working Model in Plaster for Upright Forms, based on the Bird Bath, 1954 plaster.
3a and b. Two Plaster Maquettes for Corner Stones, 1954 plaster.
4-9. Six Plaster Maquettes for Upright Forms, 1954 plaster.
Also on exhibit were Michael Rosenauer designs. A one-page typed sheet was also available at the exhibition, headed Please Help Leeds City Art Galleries Acquire This Remarkable Newly-Discovered Group of Eight Sculptures by Henry Moore". (The maquettes are offered for sale at £140000 by Fine Art Society to Leeds. The Henry Moore Foundation has made a contribution towards this total but funding is still required)."