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Map & Information for the Henry Moore Studios & Gardens visitor season, 2017.

The information section includes information on the: Sculpture Gardens, Studios, the exhibition 'Becoming Henry Moore' (see 0023483), Hoglands, Aisled Barn, Food & Drink, as well as a brief biological note on Moore and his life in Perry Green. The map section of the document includes a map of the estate as  well as a list of all of the sculptures onsite for the 2017 season.

Glossy marketing slip-case showcasing major sales in 2016 including works by Henry Moore, Ben Nicholson, Bridget Riley, Frank Auerbach, Lynn Chadwick and featuring the record breaking sale of Moore's Reclining Figure: Festival 1951 (LH 293) for £24,722,500, the highest price achieved for any modern British work.

Two Moore lots, each illus. with commentary and comparative images.

Lot 38A: Reclining Figure 1982. Comparative images of Working Model for Reclining Figure: Angles, Draped Reclining Mother and Baby, and a Chac-Mool figure from Chichen Itza.

Lot 52A: Working Model for Reclining Woman: Elbow 1981. Comparative images of the Unesco Reclining Figure, Reclining Woman: Elbow, and Moore working on the maquette for Reclining Figure: Angles.

Melvyn BRAGG hosts In Our Time with guests Mary VINCENT, Gijs van HENSBERGEN, and Dacia Viejo ROSE, discussing the Picasso's painting Guernica, from the context of the Spanish Civil War to the reception of the work. Moore mentioned at 27:30ff. as one of those who saw the painting in the studio while Picasso was working on it, along with Roland Penrose.

Catalogue for Christie's London evening sale. Three Moore bronzes for sale, each listed with provenance, exhibition history, literature, commentary, and comparative illustrations.

Lot 18 is Time/Life Screen: Working Model, with comparative illustrations of Time/Life Screen and a biographical image of Moore in his studio with Alan Ingham. Time/Life Screen: Working Model is also illustrated on the inside front cover.

Lot 21 is Helmet Head No.1, with comparative illustrations of Helmet Head and Shoulders and Helmet Heads (HMF 2412).

Lot 33 is Mother and Child: Crossed Feet with comparative images of Harlow Family Group and Moore at work in his studio.

At the end of the catalogue is an advert for the New York Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale on November 13 with an illus. of Reclining Figure 1982.

Foreword by Maxwell Davidson IV: recollection of first seeing sculpture by Henry Moore. 10-page essay on Moore by David Mitchinson.  Brief history of Moore's association with New York, beginning with Alfred Barr's purchase of Two Forms for the Museum of Modern Art in 1936, and ending with the 2008 exhibition of Moore's work in New York Botanical Garden.  Discusses Moore's relationship with Curt Valentin. Mentions Moore's early life in Yorkshire, and the affinity between the landscape there and Moore's later sculpture, particularly the Reclining Figure: Lincoln Center and Adel Crag. Influence of Alice Gostick. Moore's Roll of Honour for Castleford Secondary School. Impact of Moore's experience in the First World War on his later work. Leeds School of Art and the Castleford Peasant Pottery Group. Education at the Royal College of Art and early exposure to London's museums, especially the British Museum. Cycladic and pre-Colombian art. Patronage of Sir William Rothenstein. Marriage to Irina Radetsky. Life in Hampstead, in the "nest of gentle artists". West Wind commission (1928).  Early solo exhibitions at Warren Gallery and Leicester Galleries. Mixed critical reception: Morning Post wrote that "the cult of ugliness triumphs at the hands of Mr Moore."  Teaching at Chelsea School of Art. Founding of Unit One. Politics and Spain: Spanish Prisoner (CGM 1) lithograph. Carving, mostly in native stone and wood. Development of opening out the figure. Reclining figure as the most recognisable of Moore's sculptural themes. Beginning to model and cast, initially in lead. Move to Hoglands. Bomb Shelter Drawings for the War Artists Advisory Committee. Retrospective at Temple Newsam in 1941. Madonna and Child commission for St. Matthew's, Northampton. Awards, and honours: Companion of Honour, Order of Merit, Erasmus Prize, Goslar Prize. Forte de Marmi. UNESCO Reclining Figure. Henry Moore Foundation set up.

Images: pp. 11; 12: biographical images by John Hedgecoe of Moore in Perry Green. p. 17: Reclining Figure 1930 (LH 85); p.19 Reclining Figure 1939 (LH 208); p. 21: Family Groups 1944 (HMF 2231); p.23: Family Group 1945 (LH 259); p.25: Family Group 1946 (LH 265); p.27: Two Women Bathing a Child 1948 (HMF 2501); p.29: Family Group 1949 (HMF 2532); p.31: Standing and Reclining Figures 1950 (CGM 15); p.33: Rocking Chair No. 2 1950 (LH 275); p.35: Rocking Chair No. 3 1950 (LH 276); p.37: Rocking Chair No. 4: Miniature 1950 (LH 277); p.39: Standing Figures 1950 (CGM 14); p.41: Standing Figure 1950 (LH 290); p.43: Working Model for Time/Life Screen 1952 (LH 343); p.45: Seated Figure 1952-53 (LH 347); p.47: Reclining Figure No. 2 1953 (LH 329); p.49: Mother and Child Against Open Wall 1956 (LH 418); p.51: Maquette for Figure on Steps 1956 (LH 426); p.53: Draped Seated Figure Against a Curved Wall 1956-57 (LH 423); p.55: Maquette for Head and Hand 1962 (LH 505) (Maquette for Moon Head); p.57: Divided Head 1963 (LH 506); p.59: Mother and Child: Arms 1976-80 (LH 698); p.61: Reclining Mother and Child I 1979 (LH 778); p.63: Working Model for Draped Reclining Figure 1976-79 (LH 705); p.65: Maquette for Draped Reclining Mother and Baby 1981 (LH 820); p.67: Mother and Child on Lap 1985 (LH 870). p.68: HM in garden at Hoglands, with LH 275: Roloff Beny.

Appendix. pp.70-78: Selected exhibitions of Henry Moore.

Image of Warrior With Shield 1953-54 (LH 360) on p.66.  Photographed with Ritzi and Peter Jacobi's Transilvania II in 1975 at the Lausanne Biennial.  Moore is not mentioned in the text.