Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Mary Moore: the Interview
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Bib. Number0021274
Mary Moore: the Interview
Author/EditorDAY Elizabeth
PublisherObserver
Place PublishedLondon
Year2008
Date & Collation2008 (27 Jul) 1,6-7...(4 illus)
LanguageEnglish
More InformationInterview with Mary Moore, which took place inside Hoglands, on the occasion of the Hauser & Wirth exhibition, Henry Moore Ideas for Sculpture, (see 0021356). People pages of the Review section. Topics include:
Reassessing Moore's work: Day states: His reclining figures many of them bought up by city corporations to display in arid public spaces became a sort of sculptural muzak for commuters"; Mary's hope that her fathers work will be re-evaluated to create a lasting legacy: "He invented a language we now take for granted as part of our vocabulary"; brief mention of Shelter Drawings: "it's not all just syrupy or touchy-feely"; Hoglands and Archivist Michael Phipps: "rather too many fruit bowls"; oore's 'niceness': "He very seldom had rages... I can remember my father being utterly shocked when I used a swear word because it showed disrespect. He wasn't a prima-dona a diva-type artist. He grew up with certain values"; Henry and Irina's marriage: "She was entirely the moon to my father's sun"; Peggy Guggenheim: "everywhere she went her boyfriend had to carry a whoopee cushion that she used to sit on. I think she had bad piles or some sort of back injury"; Mary's boyfriends causing 'familial disharmony': "they were too tired of disapproving to protest" to her marriage to Raymond Danowski; the setting up of the Henry Moore Foundation subsequent fall out and legal battle: "of course I regret it. I'm sure we all regret it". Some basic biographical points for both Henry and Mary are also included. Four Moore illustrations show Mary Moore with her father - helping as a young child; as a young woman; and finally Mary alone in the Bourne Maquette studio. Front page shows Moore's King and Queen 1952-53 bronze (LH 350).