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Author/Editor: BOTT Gerhard.
Publisher: Roether Verlag
Place Published: Darmstadt
Year: 1979
Date & Collation: .144pp(130 illus).Biog.Bibliog.Text in German.
Description: Book of exhibition on the occasion of the unveiling of Large Two Forms, 1966 and 1969 bronze at the Bundeskanzleramt (Federal Chancellery) in Bonn. Exhibition and catalogue organised by the Bundeskanzleramt, and toured Germany in 1980.
7 Handwritten letter from Henry MOORE to Federal Chancellor Schmidt.
(Expresses pleasure at Large Two Forms being on loan to the new Chancellery building, together with an exhibition to complement the ideas in the sculpture).
9 Foreword by Helmut SCHMIDT.
(The common theme between Large Two Forms and the smaller exhibits, and thanking Moore and others concerned in the exhibition).
10-11 Lebensdaten.
(Biographical summary 1898-1979).
12-13 Henry Moore zur Skulptur und zu seinen eigenen Werken.
(Henry Moore on sculpture and his own work. Three selected texts 1934-1951).
13-14 Eine Groskulptur von Henry Moore für den Vorplatz des Bundeskanzleramtes in Bonn.
(A large sculpture by Henry Moore for the forecourt of the Chancellery Building in Bonn. Outlines decision to enhance the merits of the building, Schmidt's visit to Much Hadham, Moore's journey to Bonn, and the selection of an existing work for long-term loan to the site).
15-18 Large Two Forms.
(Description of the sculpture, its links with the Reclining Figures and other Moore themes).
19-23 Auf dem Weg zur grossen Form: Maquette und Werkmodell.
(En route to the finished version: maquettes and working models. Moore's methods of working through drawings and/or maquettes, on to the working model, then the final piece).
24-28 Handzeichnungen und Druckgraphik.
(Sketches and graphic work. Drawings in relation to sculpture, early preoccupation with the human body, the wartime drawings, and the present drawing for pleasure).
29-143 Katalog.
(34 Sculptures 1938-1978, 41 Drawings and Prints 1922-1975).
144 Nachwort.
(Conclusion. Acknowledgement to all involved in arranging the exhibition and acquisition).