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0012451
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 1987
Date & Collation: 64pp.Illus.Foreword by William J.WITHROW.
Description: Published with Key Porter Books. A note printed on the front endpaper welcomes delegates of the Sixth International Congress of the World Federation of Friends of Museums, 15-19 June 1987. The frontispiece is an installation photograph of the Moore Gallery" described briefly on page 64."
0003842
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 1974
Date & Collation: vi,216pp.Illus.Text in English and French.
Description: 192-202(13 illus) Henry Moore Sculpture Centre/Centre de Sculpture Henry Moore.
Illustrates 12 sculptures and one drawing from the gift of more than 200 sculptures, drawings and graphics donated to the Gallery in 1973 and 1974. Mentioned briefly in the prefatory texts.
Illustrates 12 sculptures and one drawing from the gift of more than 200 sculptures, drawings and graphics donated to the Gallery in 1973 and 1974. Mentioned briefly in the prefatory texts.
0022985
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 2013
Date & Collation: 356pp.Illus.Index.Credits
Description: Book highlighting the collection at the AGO, including 5 of Moore's works: Group of Shelterers During an Air Raid 1941 (HMF 1808); Draped Seated Woman 1957-1958 plaster cast (LH 428); Large Two Forms 1966-1969 bronze LH556. 264-265 illus of Moore's works in the gallery.
0013459
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 1990
Date & Collation: 463pp.Illus.Preface by William J.WITHROW.Introduction.
Description: Illustrated handbook, following the 1974 version (See 0003842). Introduction by the curators surveys the history of the Gallery and the work of the departments. Followed by commentaries on 350 of the works in the permanent collection. Alan G. WILKINSON is credited for the texts on Henry Moore.
Front end papers, 40,209-213,222-231(16 illus) Henry Moore.
Colour photographs and commentaries on Seated Figure, 1930 alabaster, Montage of Mother and Child Studies, c.1929-1930 drawing, Figures: Sculptures, 1931 wood engraving, Spanish Prisoner, 1939 lithograph, Two Women on a Bench in a Shelter, 1940 drawing, Family Group, 1948 drawing, Working Model for Upright Internal-External Form, 1951 bronze, Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross, 1955-1956 plaster, Warrior with Shield, 1953-1954 bronze, Draped Reclining Figure, 1952-1953 plaster, Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 1, 1959 plaster, Working Model for Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964 plaster, Atom Piece, 1964-1965 plaster, Large Two Forms, 1966 and 1969 bronze. There is a photograph and mention of the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre in the Introduction. For French language version see 0013463.
Front end papers, 40,209-213,222-231(16 illus) Henry Moore.
Colour photographs and commentaries on Seated Figure, 1930 alabaster, Montage of Mother and Child Studies, c.1929-1930 drawing, Figures: Sculptures, 1931 wood engraving, Spanish Prisoner, 1939 lithograph, Two Women on a Bench in a Shelter, 1940 drawing, Family Group, 1948 drawing, Working Model for Upright Internal-External Form, 1951 bronze, Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross, 1955-1956 plaster, Warrior with Shield, 1953-1954 bronze, Draped Reclining Figure, 1952-1953 plaster, Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 1, 1959 plaster, Working Model for Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964 plaster, Atom Piece, 1964-1965 plaster, Large Two Forms, 1966 and 1969 bronze. There is a photograph and mention of the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre in the Introduction. For French language version see 0013463.
0013463
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 1990
Date & Collation: 463pp.Illus.Preface by William J.WITHROW. Introduction.Text in French.
Description: For description see English language edition: 0013459.
0021506
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 2008
Date & Collation: 96pp.illus
Description: Pocket-size guide highlighting the collection at the AGO. Includes one Moore illus:
page 63 shows Warrior with Shield 1953-54 bronze, (LH 360). It is illustrated alongside Simon Starling's artwork Infestation Piece (Musseled Moore) 2006-2008.
0002440
Author/Editor: WILKINSON Alan G.
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 1979
Date & Collation: 232pp(453 illus).Bibliog.Foreword by William J.WITHROW.
Description: Outlines the association with Viljo Revell, the eventual acquisition by Toronto of Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964-1965 bronze, and the subsequent development of the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, to which Moore donated 101 Sculptures, 57 Drawings, and an almost complete collection of Prints. With purchases and donations before and since, this catalogue documents 73 Drawings, and 126 Sculptures in the Collection. A selection of 37 Prints is also included. Each work is documented in detail, with a commentary by Alan Wilkinson drawing on The Drawings of Henry Moore (See 0003064) to which frequent references are made. Background information is provided, and comments by Moore are incorporated. A brief selection of works which are documented in some depth:
Page 155 from No. 3 Notebook: Study for Manchester Mother and Child, 1924 drawing; Ideas for West Wind Relief, 1928 drawings; Page from Sketchbook 1934: Ideas for Sculpture, 1934 drawing; Ideas for Sculpture: Studies for Four Piece Composition: Reclining Figure, 1934 drawing; Page from Square Forms Sketchbook, 1934 drawings; Projects for Relief Sculptures on London University, 1938 drawing; Miners Resting During Stoppage of Conveyor Belt, 1942 drawings; Seated Figure, 1930 alabaster; Stringed Head, 1938 bronze and string; Family Group, 1947 plaster; Standing Figure, 1950 fibreglass; Reclining Figure, 1951 plaster; Working Model for Upright Internal-External Form, 1951 bronze; Mother and Child, 1953 plaster; Draped Reclining Figure, 1952-1953 plaster; Time-Life Screen, 1952 maquettes; Warrior with Shield, 1953-1954 bronze; Wall Relief: Maquette No. 2, 1955 bronze; Wall Relief: Maquette No. 4, 1955 bronze; U.N.E.S.C.O. Reclining Figure, 1957-1958 travertine marble; Draped Seated Woman, 1957-1958 plaster; Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 1, 1959 plaster;; Working Model for Standing Figure: Knife Edge, 1961 fibreglass; Working Model for Locking Piece, 1962 plaster; Working Model for Reclining Figure: Lincoln Center, 1963-1965 plaster; Atom Piece, 1964-1965 plaster; Working Model for Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964 bronze; Large Two Forms, 1966 and 1969 bronze.
The illustrations include photographs of Moore by Arnold Newman, Yousuf Karsh and Errol Jackson, family snapshots, work in situ, sources.
Page 155 from No. 3 Notebook: Study for Manchester Mother and Child, 1924 drawing; Ideas for West Wind Relief, 1928 drawings; Page from Sketchbook 1934: Ideas for Sculpture, 1934 drawing; Ideas for Sculpture: Studies for Four Piece Composition: Reclining Figure, 1934 drawing; Page from Square Forms Sketchbook, 1934 drawings; Projects for Relief Sculptures on London University, 1938 drawing; Miners Resting During Stoppage of Conveyor Belt, 1942 drawings; Seated Figure, 1930 alabaster; Stringed Head, 1938 bronze and string; Family Group, 1947 plaster; Standing Figure, 1950 fibreglass; Reclining Figure, 1951 plaster; Working Model for Upright Internal-External Form, 1951 bronze; Mother and Child, 1953 plaster; Draped Reclining Figure, 1952-1953 plaster; Time-Life Screen, 1952 maquettes; Warrior with Shield, 1953-1954 bronze; Wall Relief: Maquette No. 2, 1955 bronze; Wall Relief: Maquette No. 4, 1955 bronze; U.N.E.S.C.O. Reclining Figure, 1957-1958 travertine marble; Draped Seated Woman, 1957-1958 plaster; Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 1, 1959 plaster;; Working Model for Standing Figure: Knife Edge, 1961 fibreglass; Working Model for Locking Piece, 1962 plaster; Working Model for Reclining Figure: Lincoln Center, 1963-1965 plaster; Atom Piece, 1964-1965 plaster; Working Model for Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964 bronze; Large Two Forms, 1966 and 1969 bronze.
The illustrations include photographs of Moore by Arnold Newman, Yousuf Karsh and Errol Jackson, family snapshots, work in situ, sources.
0000052
Author/Editor: WILKINSON Alan G.
Publisher: Art Gallery of Ontario
Place Published: Toronto
Year: 1987
Date & Collation: xviii,270pp(434 illus).Biog.Bibliog.
Description: Published with Key Porter Books in cloth and paperback editions. Issued on the occasion of an exhibition held at the AGO 16 Sept 1987-7 Feb 1988. A revision of The Moore Collection in the Art Gallery of Ontario (See 0002440). David M. CAMPBELL of CMQ Communications Inc. provides a brief Sponsor's foreword. William J. WITHROW in the Director's foreword recalls personal memories of the artist. Acknowledgements are made by Withrow and Wilkinson.
Pages 39-265 The Collection, although reset, is essentially the publication that appeared in 1979 with the addition of five new bronzes; so that 73 drawings and 131 sculptures are now recorded, with illustrations of 21 prints selected from 689 in the collection. Ideas for West Wind Relief, 1928 drawings are referred to in this revision as Ideas for North Wind Relief, 1928 drawings, due to an oversight. The Chronology on pages 269-270 is new, as are the opening chapters.
3-26 A stranger here: Moore in Toronto.
(The Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Henry Moore (See 0012397) held at Westminster Abbey i s described. The history of Moore's gift to the Art Gallery of Ontario is recorded in detail: from the association with Viljo Revell, through the acquisition of Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964-1965 bronze, and the development of the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre. Wilkinson's own association with Moore, in the production of his thesis (See 0003840) and in the creation of the Centre is described. Subsequent activities of the AGO, in terms of acquisitions, loans and exhibitions, are described. Moore's twilight years at Much Hadham are recalled).
27-37 Sculptural energy is the mountain: the art of Henry Moore.
(Moore's role in giving sculpture a high profile, and the universal appeal of his own work through its utilisation of natural objects. Outlines Moore's life and career: the family background, school and college days, early influences, War Drawings, and subsequent sculptural achievement).
Pages 39-265 The Collection, although reset, is essentially the publication that appeared in 1979 with the addition of five new bronzes; so that 73 drawings and 131 sculptures are now recorded, with illustrations of 21 prints selected from 689 in the collection. Ideas for West Wind Relief, 1928 drawings are referred to in this revision as Ideas for North Wind Relief, 1928 drawings, due to an oversight. The Chronology on pages 269-270 is new, as are the opening chapters.
3-26 A stranger here: Moore in Toronto.
(The Service of Thanksgiving for the Life and Work of Henry Moore (See 0012397) held at Westminster Abbey i s described. The history of Moore's gift to the Art Gallery of Ontario is recorded in detail: from the association with Viljo Revell, through the acquisition of Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964-1965 bronze, and the development of the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre. Wilkinson's own association with Moore, in the production of his thesis (See 0003840) and in the creation of the Centre is described. Subsequent activities of the AGO, in terms of acquisitions, loans and exhibitions, are described. Moore's twilight years at Much Hadham are recalled).
27-37 Sculptural energy is the mountain: the art of Henry Moore.
(Moore's role in giving sculpture a high profile, and the universal appeal of his own work through its utilisation of natural objects. Outlines Moore's life and career: the family background, school and college days, early influences, War Drawings, and subsequent sculptural achievement).