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0006639
The Image of Woman: women in sculpture from pre-historic times to the present day; concept and photography by Andreas Feininger, introduction by Henry MILLER, text and captions by J. BON.
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Place Published: London
Year: 1961
Date & Collation: 194pp.Illus.
Description: Translated from the German by Joan BRADLEY. Copyright DuMont (Cologne) 1960.
Plates 140-141(2 illus) Henry Moore.
Two Reclining Figures in the section Woman in Modern Sculpture. The very brief textual mention notes their rhythm and movement" and "their strangely spiritual quality"."
0006635
Form and Space: sculpture of the twentieth century; translated from the German by C. LIGOTA.
Author/Editor: TRIER Eduard.
Publisher: Thames and Hudson
Place Published: London
Year: 1961
Date & Collation: 291pp(213 illus).Biog and Bibliog 279-291.
Description: First published in Berlin 1960 by Gebr. Mann Verlag under the title Figur und Raum (See 0006849). For U.S.A. edition see 0006431. For 1968 revised edition see 0005020. There are six full-page photographs of sculpture by Henry Moore, dating between 1951 and 1958 (Plates 5,52,58,180,190,210). In a chapter The Problem of Meaning King and Queen, 1952-1953 bronze is noted as symbolic, and in Draped Reclining Woman, 1957-1958 bronze Moore's main theme is described as plastic form. In the chapter The Problem of Purpose, Upright Motives are seen as primeval plastic forms" and "monuments without a site". Bouwcentrum Wall Relief 1955 brick is a "tense composition evoking the walls of burnt-out houses and ruined cities is more than mere ornament". The U.N.E.S.C.O. Reclining Figure 1957-1958 travertine marble is relaxed calm and powerful in a discussion on sculpture and architecture. A brief biography references and index to pages mentioning Moore appear on page 288."