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Article documenting the return of the Oceanic Sculpture A'a from the British Museum to The Museum of Tahiti for three years.
Discusses the history of the sculpture as well as reference to Moore explaining how he had admired A'a when visiting the British Museum in the 1920's and how he aquired a cast that remains on view in Hoglands.
Photograph of Moore with A'a 1978.
The article describes Moores experience of producing his drawings of coalminers in Yorkshire 1941-42 when he was commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to record their contribution to the war effort.
1 Moore illus: Miners Pushing Tubs, 1942 (HMF 1933)
Article reviewing the book "Contested Heritage: Removing Art from Land and Historic Buildings" by Richard Harwood, Catherine Dobson and David Sawtell, 2022. The book tackles the complex subject of property ownership where works of Art are deemed part of land or property and which consents, planning or heritage, may be required when proposing to remove works from their original site. The article picks out some high profile cases including Moore's Draped Seated Woman 1957-58 (LH 428), otherwise known as 'Old Flo' which was relocated from the Stifford Estate in east London to Canary Wharf.
1 Moore illus: Draped Seated Woman 1957-58 (LH 428).