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Henry Moore: the life and work of a great sculptor.

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Henry Moore: the life and work of a great sculptor.
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Bib. Number0005628

Henry Moore: the life and work of a great sculptor.

Author/EditorHALL Donald.
Place PublishedNew York
Year
Date & Collationx,182pp(102 illus).
LanguageEnglish
More InformationA large part of this book in somewhat different form appeared originally in The New Yorker" (See 0006053). For Gollancz edition see 0005629.
A Note.
(Acknowledgements).
December 20 1963: The Locking Piece.
(Domestic and work routines at Much Hadham Irina Moore daughter Mary Moore assistants Isaac Witkin and Ron Swann. Work on Locking Piece 1963-1964 bronze. Process of producing finished works via Maquettes and Working models).
1898-1918: The Roll of Honour.
(Castleford Secondary School Roll of Honour 1916 wood. Castleford Raymond Spencer Moore Childhood Mary Moore (Mother) Education World War 1).
1919-1924: The Renaissance Head.
(Leeds School of Art Narayana and Bhataryan British Museum Raymond Coxon Royal College of Art Vorticism and other contemporary art Head of the Virgin 1922-1923 marble).
1925-1932: The Leeds Reclining Figure.
(Teaching Life Drawing Paris 1920s Marriage to Irina Radetzky Reclining Figure 1929 brown Hornton stone Hampstead in the 1930s Carvings Kent Critical attacks Holes).
1933-1939: The Detroit Reclining Figure.
(Unit One (See 0009258) Circle (See 0009178) Assistant Bernard Meadows Reclining Figure 1939 elm wood).
1940-1948 The Madonna and Child.
(War Drawings move to Much Hadham Northampton Madonna and Child 1943-1944 Hornton stone. New York visit 1946 for M.O.M.A. exhibition (See 0008703)).
1949-1957: The King and Queen.
(Modelling maquettes Bronze casting Time-Life Screen 1952-1953 Portland stone King and Queen 1952-1953 bronze. British Council exhibitions abroad. Honours. Reaction against Moore by young artists).
1958-1965: The Lincoln Center Reclining Figure.
(Open Air commissions Reclining Figure 1963-1965 bronze. Two- and Three-part Reclining Figures)."