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0004888
Publisher: Baltimore Museum of Art
Place Published: Baltimore, Md.
Year: 1969
Date & Collation: (2 Dec)-1970(1 Feb).116pp.Illus.Bibliog.Foreword by Charles PARKHURST, text by Albert E.ELSEN.
Description: 81 works by 50 artists.
53-58,112(6 illus) Henry Moore: three Sculptures 1934-1960.After Rodin's death the partial figure and figural part have their longest, most varied, and richest history in the sculpture of Henry Moore. Primitive art gave him a feel for elemental forms. The elimination of hands feet and often faces was part of Moore's gesture on stripping away surface excrescences. The influence of Brancusi and Gaudier-Brzeska is noted. Versions of the partial figure are seen in semi-abstract and part-figures of the 1920s and 1930s and in Moore's fascination for bone forms. Human references in Surrealist-influenced drawings are related to the partial figure theme. Helmet series the torso-like Upright Figures Warriors and other works are cited in the context of the partial figure. Moore is also quoted on Rodin and there are incidental references throughout the catalogue."