Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Picasso & Modern British Art
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Bib. Number0022556
Picasso & Modern British Art
PublisherTate Publishing
Place PublishedLondon
Year2010
Date & Collation21pp.Illus.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationSmall exhibition booklet. 9 titled Henry Moore and Picasso describes the tension in both their work between Mediterranean tradition and 'primitive' sources. Moore encountered Picasso's work in journals like Cahiers d'Art. Link made between Picasso's depiction of the human body as detached but suggestive abstract forms and Moore's multi-part sculptures c.1934. Illus of Four Piece Composition: Reclining Figure 1934 Cumberland alabaster, (LH 154). 1 and 13 references to Moore.