Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Moore in the Bagatelle Gardens Paris; photographs by Michel Muller, with an introduction by David COHEN.
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7 CHIRAC Jacques. Foreword.
(Mayor of Paris recalls 1992 exhibition opened by Queen Elizabeth II of works by Moore created largely between 1960s and 1980s).
9-36 COHEN David. Landscape and the Sculpture of Henry Moore.
(The exhibition's setting and the photographs by Michel Muller who helped in the practical realisation of the sculptures. Outdoor locations for Moore's bronzes, and Moore's belief in universal form. Outlines Moore's career and influences, particularly the primitive. Sculptural commitment to vitality, truth to material and carving, the rapport between the feminine and nature. Moore in the 1930s avant garde, the writers on his work, the organic metaphor. Moore raided Surrealism for formal ideas which he then, characteristically, neutralised. The idea of automatism in drawing, the notion of the found object. The Reclining Figure theme and the mother-child relationship, holes, woman and landscape, prehistory and megaliths like Stonehenge. Moore's public works and use of bronze. Quotes from Moore and relates discussion to works in the Bagatelle gardens).
39-107 In the Bagatelle Gardens.
(48 plates of the exhibits on display).
109-117 Sculptures Exhibited in the Bagatelle Gardens, Paris 1992.
(Maps, and catalogue of 27 bronzes 1948-1984. Photograph of the Paris skyline).
119-127 Chronology.
For exhibition brochures see 0014970 and 0014971.
Bib. Number0015414
Moore in the Bagatelle Gardens Paris; photographs by Michel Muller, with an introduction by David COHEN.
PublisherLund Humphries
Place PublishedLondon
Year1993
Date & Collation127pp(49 illus).Biog.Bibliog.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationHalf title page reads: Moore in Paris.7 CHIRAC Jacques. Foreword.
(Mayor of Paris recalls 1992 exhibition opened by Queen Elizabeth II of works by Moore created largely between 1960s and 1980s).
9-36 COHEN David. Landscape and the Sculpture of Henry Moore.
(The exhibition's setting and the photographs by Michel Muller who helped in the practical realisation of the sculptures. Outdoor locations for Moore's bronzes, and Moore's belief in universal form. Outlines Moore's career and influences, particularly the primitive. Sculptural commitment to vitality, truth to material and carving, the rapport between the feminine and nature. Moore in the 1930s avant garde, the writers on his work, the organic metaphor. Moore raided Surrealism for formal ideas which he then, characteristically, neutralised. The idea of automatism in drawing, the notion of the found object. The Reclining Figure theme and the mother-child relationship, holes, woman and landscape, prehistory and megaliths like Stonehenge. Moore's public works and use of bronze. Quotes from Moore and relates discussion to works in the Bagatelle gardens).
39-107 In the Bagatelle Gardens.
(48 plates of the exhibits on display).
109-117 Sculptures Exhibited in the Bagatelle Gardens, Paris 1992.
(Maps, and catalogue of 27 bronzes 1948-1984. Photograph of the Paris skyline).
119-127 Chronology.
For exhibition brochures see 0014970 and 0014971.