Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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0002445
Author/Editor: Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
Publisher: Rizzoli
Place Published: New York
Year: 1979
Date & Collation: 576pp.Illus.Biog.Bibliog.
Description: Published in association with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Copyright The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. Complements Contemporary Art 1942-1972 (See 0004017).
422-423(1 illus) Henry Moore: Reclining Figure, 1935-1936 elm wood.
Short biography, bibliography and exhibition list, plus a note by Steven A. Nash on the elm wood figure purchased from the artist in 1939: the first sculpture by this artist purchased by an American Museum... A psychological tension in the reclining figures deriving from the alert propped-up poses and odd expressions as well as overt sexual references such as the deep hollows and the use of a slash for faces betray certain surviving affinities with Surrealism"."
422-423(1 illus) Henry Moore: Reclining Figure, 1935-1936 elm wood.
Short biography, bibliography and exhibition list, plus a note by Steven A. Nash on the elm wood figure purchased from the artist in 1939: the first sculpture by this artist purchased by an American Museum... A psychological tension in the reclining figures deriving from the alert propped-up poses and odd expressions as well as overt sexual references such as the deep hollows and the use of a slash for faces betray certain surviving affinities with Surrealism"."