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Book published to accompany the exhibition Henry Moore Drawings: The Art of Seeing at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens. An essay by Sebastiano BARASSI offers a chronological survey of Moore's use of drawing, from his work as a schoolboy in Castleford to the late works of the 1980s.  pp.30-149 consists of illustrations of Moore's drawings, arranged in chronological order, interspersed with commentaries on 18 of these by Sylvia COX.

Commentaries on:

Reclining Male Nude 1922 (HMF 72)

Seated Nude with Mirror 1924 (HMF 261)

Half-Figure 1928 (HMF 661)

Ideas for Sculpture: Transformation of Bones 1932 (HMF 941)

Mother and Child Studies 1933 (HMF 1005)

Mechanisms 1938 (HMF 1367)

Women and Children in the Tube 1940 (HMF 1726)

Coalminer with Pick 1942 (HMF 1987)

Textile Design: Framed Heads 1943 (HMF 2127)

Ideas for Wall Reliefs 1955 (HMF 2862)

Head 1950, 1958 (HMF 2979)

Two Reclining Figures 1961 (HMF 3052)

Pen Exercise IX: Horsemen Crossing a Mountain Crevasse 1970 (HMF 3248)

Reclining Figure in Illuminated Cave 1978 (HMF 78(18))

Girl Playing the Organ 1980 (HMF 80(207))

Two Standing Figures 1980 (HMF 80(282))

Mother and Child on Seashore II 1982 (HMF 82(223))

Hands 1984-86 (HMF 84/86(713))

Exhibition catalogue of British watercolour landscapes from 1850-1950 featuring six images of works by Henry Moore on pages:106,110,113,167,168 and169. Page 106 Ideas for Sculpture 1935 (HMF 1160) with text quoting Moore on how the landscape near his home on the Kent Downs in 1930s became important as an enironment for his sculpture with reference to bio-morphism and other new theories that had an influence on him and other artists.
P109 refers to Wentworth Thompson's On Growth and Form as a source book for Moore and a quote from Gordon Onslow Ford on Elmwood Reclining Figure 1939 (LH 210). Page 109 mentions Moore's first visit to Stonehenge in 1921 and discusses its influence on him, leading to a full page image on page 110 of Moore's Two Upright Forms 1936 (HMF 1254).
Page 111 compares Dali's paitings to Moore's Reclining Figure and Red Rocks 1942 (HMF 2067), as presented in full page on page 113.
Page 116 mentions Moore encouraging John Tunnard to collect nautical detritus and reference to morphology, Barbara Hepworth, Paul Nash and others.
Full page image of Crowd Looking at a Tied-up Object 1942 (HMF 2064) on page 167, with discussion on page 166 of Moore's concern with landscape and pictorial settings and the Shelter drawings with quote from Moore on the chorus in Greek drama. Full page image on page 168 of London Skyline 1940-41 (HMF 1574) and on page 169 of Head Made up of Devasted House 1940-41 (HMF 1611).                                               
Page 170 mentions Moore supplying some drawings for Jacquetta Hawkes' Festival of Britain related book A Land 1951 (see 0008129).

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.

34 works by 28 artists.

Exhibit 12: Henry Moore Family Groups 1944 (HMF 2214). Four pages devoted to the work, with comparative illustrations of two drawings (Seated Figures: Ten Studies of Mother and Child 1940(HMF 1513a), Two Women on a Bench in a Shelter 1940 (HMF 1730)) and two sculptures (Family Group 1945 (LH 239) and Madonna and Child 1943-44 (LH 226)).

Passing mention of Moore at other points in the catalogue.

Exhibition catalogue for the exhibition 'Collection #01' at 59 rue charlot, 75003, Paris, 18-22 October 2023.
A textiles exhibition from artists Henry Moore, Almer Musa, Claud Christian, Marcus Oakley, Pauline Deltour and Sybille Berger showcasing fabrics for interior decoration and furnishing.
Garro Editions collaborated with the Henry Moore Foundation to produce the textiles from six drawings by Henry Moore.
Reference to Moore from page 16.
Page 20: Entry to Dreams 1973 (CGM 255)
Page 21: Stonehenge Album: Trial for Title Page 1973 (HMF 73(42))
Page 23: Multicoloured Reclining Figure 1967 (CGM 99) 
Page 24 - 26: Six Reclining Figures with Buff Background 1970 (CGM 50)
Page 27: Haringey Circus Horses 1956 (HMF 2929)
Page 28: Seated Figures Studies 1931 (HMF 880a)
See also: 0024320