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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Modern Britain 1900-1960; Masterworks from Austrailian and New Zealand Collections.

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Modern Britain 1900-1960; Masterworks from Austrailian and New Zealand Collections.
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Bib. Number0021039

Modern Britain 1900-1960; Masterworks from Austrailian and New Zealand Collections.

Place PublishedMelbourne
Year
Date & Collation(15 Nov 2007-24 Feb 2008).Illus.Bibliog.Foreword by Director Gerard Vaughan.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationCatalogue of works exhibited at the National Gallery of Victoria which presents an extensive view of the development of British art and throws light upon the taste for contemporary British art in Australasia. The catalogue is divided into chapter style sections, with each work annotated with short essay text. 10 Moore illus contained within the section Henry Moore Barbara Hepworth Ben Nicholson" pages 197-207.
Page 198: Head of a girl 1923 bronze (LH 15) and Nude in an Armchair 1929 drawing (HMF 693).
Page 199: Woman Seated with Hands Clasped 1929 drawing (HMF 692).
Page 200: Half Figure 1930 Ancaster stone (LH 91) and a photograph of Moore in his Hampstead studio.
Page 201: Standing Figures 1943 drawing (HMF 2168).
Page 202: Sculptural Ideas Hollow Form 1938 drawing (HMF 1378) and Head studies for sculpture 1939-40 drawing (HMF 1493).
Page 203: Working model for Upright Internal/External Form 1951 bronze (LH 295) and Helmet Head no.5 1966 bronze (LH 544).
The essays which accompany Moore's work discuss his connections with Unit One and his development of abstracted human forms providing quotes from numerous Moore monographs as well as biographical details. Draped Seated Woman 1958 bronze (LH 428) can been seen on page 23 along with a photograph of Moore's work shown on the British Council touring exhibition of 1948."