Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Henry Moore.
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Bib. Number0009338
Henry Moore.
Author/EditorWILENSKI R.H.
PublisherObserver
Place PublishedLondon
Year1931
Date & Collation(12 April)..
LanguageEnglish
More InformationReview of the Leicester Galleries exhibition (See 0009327) described as a landmark in the history of English sculpture. Mr Moore carves strangely distorted figures mother and child groups that seem to have grown in stone nudes that resemble no known mortals but are nevertheless instinct with life. His work makes exceptional demands on the spectator. For his aims exceed the bounds of European experience of sculpture." Wilenski writes of "the mysterious quality that gives them their peculiar life" foresees ridicule and abuse and concludes that "Mr Moore's progress will depend as much on his power to combat opposition as on his power to solve the problems of his art"."