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0010768
Publisher: Castleford Grammar School
Place Published: Castleford
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 77pp.Illus.Foreword by E.RILEY.
Description: Detailed history of the school on the occasion of its jubilee celebrations 1906-7 to 1956-7. Includes a photograph of Blue House 1914 (p.35), showing H.S. Moore, and also Frank W. Ambler, Arthur Dalby, Donald Lawson and Moore's other contemporaries. There are staff lists, a photograph and a pen-portrait of T.R. Dawes, a section on the Old Legiolians' Association, and on the War Memorial, and other activities. There are several mentions of Moore: a biographical outline in a section 'Successes and Distinctions of Old Legiolians' (p.31); acting in The School for Scandal in 1920; carving Castleford Secondary School Roll of Honour, 1916 wood (p.27). Mentions that the school owns a Coal Mine Drawing by Moore. Note on the founding of the Scott Society (p.40), for which Moore carved a notice board plaque (not mentioned).
0013575
Author/Editor: MYERS Bernard S.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Place Published: New York, Toronto & London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xii,757pp.Illus.8 colour plates.Bibliog.
Description: History of art in terms of its sociocultural background.
660-661(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Photograph of King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze with brief commentary, in chapter on Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture. For 1967 version of this book see 0005332.
660-661(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Photograph of King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze with brief commentary, in chapter on Twentieth-Century Painting and Sculpture. For 1967 version of this book see 0005332.
0013576
Author/Editor: CIRICI-PELLICER A.
Publisher: Ediciones Omega
Place Published: Barcelona
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 59pp.Illus.67 plates.Bibliog.Text in Spanish.
Description: 48,Plate 61(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Biographical paragraph outlining Moore's career and influences, in a section on the 1930s. Full-page photograph of Bird Basket, 1939 lignum vitae and string.
Biographical paragraph outlining Moore's career and influences, in a section on the 1930s. Full-page photograph of Bird Basket, 1939 lignum vitae and string.
0007339
Author/Editor: SOBY James Thrall.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Place Published: Norman, Okla.
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xvii,218pp.
Description: Articles previously published in Saturday Review. Includes four list-mentions of Henry Moore, in: Life Magazine stoops to conquer; Gertrude Stein and the artists; Miracle at Genoa; Postwar painting and sculpture in America.
0007342
Author/Editor: PLATTE Hans.
Publisher: Standard-Verlag
Place Published: Hamburg
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 304pp.Illus.Biog.Text in German.
Description: Die Kunst des 20.Jahrhunderts, Vol. 3. Sculpture volume in three-part history of modern art.
158-167,270-275,293,302(7 illus) Henry Moore.
Section on Moore stressing originality of his approach to sculptural form.
Recumbent Figure, 1938 green Hornton stone is analysed: the power of expression attributed to use of natural, never completely abstract, laws of form.
A 1951 bronze conveys the variety of relationships between body and space in a virtually abstract form.
Double Standing Figure, 1950 bronze possesses a vitality and human feel. They seem to draw space into their existence from all around them."
Warrior with Shield 1953-1954 bronze. Powerful image of defence and utter helplessness.
There are illustrations of three Drawings 1940-1951 and a four-line biography."
158-167,270-275,293,302(7 illus) Henry Moore.
Section on Moore stressing originality of his approach to sculptural form.
Recumbent Figure, 1938 green Hornton stone is analysed: the power of expression attributed to use of natural, never completely abstract, laws of form.
A 1951 bronze conveys the variety of relationships between body and space in a virtually abstract form.
Double Standing Figure, 1950 bronze possesses a vitality and human feel. They seem to draw space into their existence from all around them."
Warrior with Shield 1953-1954 bronze. Powerful image of defence and utter helplessness.
There are illustrations of three Drawings 1940-1951 and a four-line biography."
0007328
Author/Editor: WATROUS James.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Place Published: Madison, Wis.
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xiii,170pp.Illus.Bibliog.
Description: Study concentrating on the technical resources available to artists.
36,37,38(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Illustrations of Madonna and Child, 1943 drawing in Cleveland Museum of Art, with passing textual mention, in the chapter on chiaroscuro drawings.
36,37,38(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Illustrations of Madonna and Child, 1943 drawing in Cleveland Museum of Art, with passing textual mention, in the chapter on chiaroscuro drawings.
0007331
Publisher: Batsford
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 143pp(62 illus).
Description: 142-143(1 illus) Henry Moore: Madonna and Child.
Photograph of Northampton Madonna and Child, 1943-1944 Hornton stone detail, with quotation: And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisdom.""
Photograph of Northampton Madonna and Child, 1943-1944 Hornton stone detail, with quotation: And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit filled with wisdom.""
0007337
Author/Editor: ZACHARIAS Alfred.
Publisher: Schnell und Steiner
Place Published: Munich and Zürich
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 258pp.Illus.Text in German.
Description: One volume art history from medieval times to the 20th century, with a passing mention of Henry Moore, and a photograph on page 255 of Recumbent Figure, 1938 green Hornton stone.
0007340
Publisher: Bijutsu Shuppan-sha
Place Published: Tokyo
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 160pp.Illus.Text in Japanese.
Description: Subtitled: Painters and Sculptors of Europe and America. Includes a foreword by Shuzo TAKIGUCHI and a series of biographies and commentaries on the individual artists.
143,148-150(2 illus) OKAMOTO Yuzuru. Henry Moore.
Analyses Moore's remark that sculpture is a difficult art to appreciate, in terms of creating sculpture in the modern world, and the human difficulty of coming to terms with existence. The artist's work is the creation of another possibility. Moore's organic form and vitality attempts to recover a lost sense of life, almost a religious approach to the material world.
Title romanized: Gendai sakka 150 nin.
143,148-150(2 illus) OKAMOTO Yuzuru. Henry Moore.
Analyses Moore's remark that sculpture is a difficult art to appreciate, in terms of creating sculpture in the modern world, and the human difficulty of coming to terms with existence. The artist's work is the creation of another possibility. Moore's organic form and vitality attempts to recover a lost sense of life, almost a religious approach to the material world.
Title romanized: Gendai sakka 150 nin.
0007343
Author/Editor: SHAHN Ben.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Place Published: Cambridge, Mass.
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: vi,131pp.Illus.
Description: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures 1956-1957. Artists in Colleges; The Biography of a Painting; The Shape of Content (Includes a seven-line paragraph on Moore's use of materials and the surrounding of open space); On Nonconformity; Modern Evaluations; The Education of an Artist.
The Shape of Content is reprinted in A Modern Book of Aesthetics (See 0002438).
The Shape of Content is reprinted in A Modern Book of Aesthetics (See 0002438).
0007345
Publisher: Tiranti
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: viii,167pp.Illus.
Description: Published with Wittenborn (New York). Collection of fifteen texts on abstract painting and sculpture in countries throughout the world.
8-15 PASMORE Victor. Abstract painting and sculpture in England.
Includes a passing mention of Henry Moore.
8-15 PASMORE Victor. Abstract painting and sculpture in England.
Includes a passing mention of Henry Moore.
0007335
Publisher: Reclam
Place Published: Stuttgart
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 32pp.16 plates.Biog.Bibliog.Text in German.
Description: Werkmonographien zur Bildenden Kunst, 18 in Reclams Universal-Bibliothek, B9018. Small booklet consisting of a thirteen-page text by Riedl, sixteen photographs of the King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze with some related illustrations, and twelve pages of selections from the published writings of Henry Moore. The introductory text, entitled Das Werk, describes and analyzes the bronze in detail, discussing its composition, surface texture and iconography. Outlines Moore's influences and the development of his art. Notes the Seated Figures in earlier drawings and in bronzes of Family Groups. The work is cited in relation to seated figures in historical and religious art. With Moore's preference for Open Air settings, the royal couple are seen as a memorial to a new relationship with nature.
0007338
Author/Editor: HOWELL Arthur R.
Publisher: Ditchling Press
Place Published: Ditchling
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xvii,219pp.Plates.
Description: Distributed by Zwemmer (London). New revised and enlarged second edition of work first published 1945 (See 0008807). The Moore plate and quotation appears on page 172 and facing.
0007341
Publisher: Newnes
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xv,854pp.Illus.Bibliog.
Description: Revised edition of 1950 new edition of work first published 1923, and containing Moore content from 1942 edition (See 0008988).
788,789,790(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Shelterers in the Tube, 1941 drawing is reproduced and compared to The Underworld by Walter Bayes, another Imperial War Museum painting, depicting tube shelterers in 1918. In a chapter The Unending Story: European Art Today and Tomorrow, Moore's War Drawings are seen as curious rhythmic dehumanised studies terrible in their intensity and pathos". His sculpture is seen as "interesting but remote from human interest"."
788,789,790(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Shelterers in the Tube, 1941 drawing is reproduced and compared to The Underworld by Walter Bayes, another Imperial War Museum painting, depicting tube shelterers in 1918. In a chapter The Unending Story: European Art Today and Tomorrow, Moore's War Drawings are seen as curious rhythmic dehumanised studies terrible in their intensity and pathos". His sculpture is seen as "interesting but remote from human interest"."
0007344
Author/Editor: GAUNT William.
Publisher: English Universities Press
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xii,155pp.Illus.32 plates.Bibliog.
Description: The Teach Yourself Books series.
140-142,Plates 1,11,29(3 illus),etc. The work of Henry Moore.The most remarkable sculpture of the last quarter of a century is certainly that of Henry Moore... He is a craftsman carving in hard materials and the human figure has been the foundation of his sculpture. His influences and themes are outlined. Three plates depict Moore and his work and he is credited for his assistance with illustrations."
140-142,Plates 1,11,29(3 illus),etc. The work of Henry Moore.The most remarkable sculpture of the last quarter of a century is certainly that of Henry Moore... He is a craftsman carving in hard materials and the human figure has been the foundation of his sculpture. His influences and themes are outlined. Three plates depict Moore and his work and he is credited for his assistance with illustrations."
0007327
Author/Editor: RODMAN Selden.
Publisher: Devin-Adair Company
Place Published: New York
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 234pp.16 plates.
Description: Interviews with three dozen artists. Includes passing mention of Moore by David Hare (Moore communicates with more people than Lipchitz but only because he has less to say..."). Moore is in a list of sculptors admired by Leonard Baskin."
0007330
Author/Editor: BAUMGART Fritz.
Publisher: DuMont
Place Published: Cologne
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 388pp.Illus.171 plates.Bibliog.Text in German.
Description: 196-198,Illus 167(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Discusses King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze as an example of the depiction of the abstract values of life through art. Full-page photograph.
For 1966 revised edition see 0005619.
Discusses King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze as an example of the depiction of the abstract values of life through art. Full-page photograph.
For 1966 revised edition see 0005619.
0007333
Author/Editor: edited by SYLVESTER David
Publisher: Lund Humphries
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xliiipp(25 illus).277pp(376 illus).Biog.Bibliog.
Description: Edited by David Sylvester, with an introduction by Herbert Read.
Fourth, completely revised edition of work published 1944 (See 0008893), second edition 1946 (See 0008704), third edition 1949 (See 0008336).
viii Editorial Note.
(Documents the changes to the illustrations, content and layout).
ix-xxviii READ Herbert. Introduction (See 0008893).
xxx-xxxvi Writings by Henry Moore.
(A View of Sculpture (See 0009419); The Sculptor's Aims (See 0009258); Mesopotamian Art (See 0009251); Notes on Sculpture (See 0009196); Primitive Art (See 0009071)).
xxxviii-xxxix Biographical Summary (1898-1956).
xi One-Man Exhibitions. (1928-1957).
xli-xliii Select Bibliography. (88 entries).
1-16 Catalogue. (Entries 1-268).
17-270 Plates.
272 Index of Collections: Sculpture.
273 Index of Collections: Drawings.
274-275 Concordance: Sculpture.
276-277 Concordance: Drawings.
278 in one printing is Errata.
Fourth, completely revised edition of work published 1944 (See 0008893), second edition 1946 (See 0008704), third edition 1949 (See 0008336).
viii Editorial Note.
(Documents the changes to the illustrations, content and layout).
ix-xxviii READ Herbert. Introduction (See 0008893).
xxx-xxxvi Writings by Henry Moore.
(A View of Sculpture (See 0009419); The Sculptor's Aims (See 0009258); Mesopotamian Art (See 0009251); Notes on Sculpture (See 0009196); Primitive Art (See 0009071)).
xxxviii-xxxix Biographical Summary (1898-1956).
xi One-Man Exhibitions. (1928-1957).
xli-xliii Select Bibliography. (88 entries).
1-16 Catalogue. (Entries 1-268).
17-270 Plates.
272 Index of Collections: Sculpture.
273 Index of Collections: Drawings.
274-275 Concordance: Sculpture.
276-277 Concordance: Drawings.
278 in one printing is Errata.
0007336
Author/Editor: THWAITES John Anthony.
Publisher: Agis-Verlag
Place Published: Krefeld and Baden-Baden
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 110pp.33 plates.Bibliog.Text in German.
Description: Book of art appreciation.
34,Plates 9 and 10(2 illus) Henry Moore.
34,Plates 9 and 10(2 illus) Henry Moore.
0007326
Author/Editor: FITZGIBBON Constantine.
Publisher: Wingate
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xv,272pp.8 plates(9 illus,1 in colour).
Description: Story of the 1940-1941 Blitz on London, with illustrations from Irina Moore's sketchbook, and a very brief mention of Moore's drawings in the text.
Republished in 1970 by Macdonald (See 0004655) with the plates all in black and white. For Corgi paperback edition see 0003775.
Republished in 1970 by Macdonald (See 0004655) with the plates all in black and white. For Corgi paperback edition see 0003775.
0007329
Author/Editor: HAUSSER Robert.
Publisher: Bibliographisches Institut
Place Published: Mannheim
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 96pp.Illus.Text in German.
Description: Photographs of Mannheim, including a view of Warrior with Shield, 1953-1954 bronze in Kunsthalle Mannheim, with gallery visitor.
0009528
Author/Editor: ROTHENSTEIN John.
Publisher: Readers Union
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 591pp.64 plates.Biog.Bibliog.
Description: Published with Eyre and Spottiswoode. A one-volume edition of Modern English Painters: Sickert to Smith (1952) and Lewis to Moore (1956). Includes some revision to Volume 2.
552-570,etc(2 illus) Henry Moore.
(See 0007440 for original edition, 0003312 for description, and 0000668 for new 1984 edition).
552-570,etc(2 illus) Henry Moore.
(See 0007440 for original edition, 0003312 for description, and 0000668 for new 1984 edition).
0009529
Author/Editor: WILENSKI R.H.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Place Published: London
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: 216pp.34 plates(68 illus).Bibliog.
Description: First published 1927, second edition 1935, third edition 1945. Published in the USA by Yoseloff (New York). Prefatory texts to the earlier editions are included in this volume.
22,Illustration 61,etc(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Notes Moore's emergence from static monumental carvings" to imbuing his figures with "compelling organic rhythm". Illustration 61 is a full-page photograph of Family Group 1947 bronze."
22,Illustration 61,etc(1 illus) Henry Moore.
Notes Moore's emergence from static monumental carvings" to imbuing his figures with "compelling organic rhythm". Illustration 61 is a full-page photograph of Family Group 1947 bronze."
0009527
Author/Editor: FLANNER Janet.
Publisher: Harper and Row
Place Published: New York
Year: 1957
Date & Collation: xxi,297pp.Plates.
Description: All of the material in this book except for the Preface appeared originally in The New Yorker." Essays on André Malraux Henri Matisse Georges Braque Pablo Picasso and the looting of art in World War 2. The Picasso chapter The Surprise of the Century quotes the attack on him by Vladimir Kemenov from a Moscow magazine in 1948 (See 0008696) including "The English Henry Moore cynically derides the human form."
Reprinted by Books for Libraries Press (Freeport N.Y.) 1970."
Reprinted by Books for Libraries Press (Freeport N.Y.) 1970."