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Article on the sculpture of Gudea, ruler of the ancient city state of Lagash, which is now in the collection of the British Museum, and its inflence on avant-garde artists in the 1930s. Mentions of Moore throughout, along with Leon Underwood's drawing classes, The Island, Moore's opinion on Sumerian sculpture, the exhibition Sculpture Considered Apart from Time and Place, Moore's opinions on the British Museum's restoration of Gudea, half-figure sculptures by Moore from the early 1930s, Girl 1931 ancaster stone, Henry Moore at the British Museum, Mother and Child 1931, photographs of Moore for Herbert Read's 1934 monograph and the book Unit One. Illus. of Mother and Child 1931 (LH 100 and LH 121) and Girl 1931 (LH 109), and Thea Struve's photograph of Moore's hands.

See also 0024070, a review of London's War and Sculpting the 20th Century, in the same volume.

Review of Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century and London's War: The Shelter Drawings of Henry Moore. Hyman discusses the use of Moore's own photography in Sculpting the 20th Century, and draws comparison to Bill Brandt's "celebrated black and white photographs of nudes and stones". Hyman praises Julian Andrews' text for London's War, but feels it is let down by the quality of the images.

See also: 0024069, in the same volume.