Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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0009338
Author/Editor: WILENSKI R.H.
Publisher: Observer
Place Published: London
Year: 1931
Date & Collation: (12 April)..
Description: Review of the Leicester Galleries exhibition (See 0009327) described as a landmark in the history of English sculpture. Mr Moore carves strangely distorted figures mother and child groups that seem to have grown in stone nudes that resemble no known mortals but are nevertheless instinct with life. His work makes exceptional demands on the spectator. For his aims exceed the bounds of European experience of sculpture." Wilenski writes of "the mysterious quality that gives them their peculiar life" foresees ridicule and abuse and concludes that "Mr Moore's progress will depend as much on his power to combat opposition as on his power to solve the problems of his art"."
0009378
Author/Editor: KONODY P.G.
Publisher: Observer
Place Published: London
Year: 1931
Date & Collation: (20 Dec)..
Description: Review of Abdy Gallery exhibition of water-colours and drawings (See 0010628). Mr. Henry Moore is seen evolving from realistic motives those unexpected shapes which he carves in stone or wood...""