Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
His Darkened Imagination
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Bib. Number0021668
His Darkened Imagination
Author/EditorCAUSEY Andrew.
PublisherTate etc
Place PublishedLondon
Year2010
Date & Collation2010(Spring)18 38-45 (12 illus)
LanguageEnglish
More InformationArticle, promoting forthcoming exhibition at Tate Britain, broadly examines the scope of Moore's works on paper as well as some of the more interesting sculptural works. Subjects include the influence of Giacometti; the Transformation Drawings 1930-1932; the significance of the hole; metamorphosis and Surrealism; Shelter Drawings and the public perception of them; Bill Brandt; and Biologist J. B. S. Haldane. Causey makes some interesting reference to Moore's early experiments with removeable stone eyes for his carvings, of which Girl with Clasped Hands 1930 still possesses. 12 Moore illus including; Ideas for Sculpture, Seated Figures and Heads 1930 drawing, (HMF 803) Five Figures in a Setting 1937 drawing, (HMF 1319) Madonna and Child at St Matthew's Church, Northampton, 1943-44 brown Horton stone, (LH 226) Composition 1930 African wonderstone, (LH 119) Stones in Landscape 1936 drawing, (HMF 1259) Study for 'Tube Shelter Perspective: The Liverpool Street Extension' 1940-41 drawing, (HMF 1649) Composition 1934 cast concrete, (LH 140) Seated Storage Capsule (for H.M) 1966 drawing, by Bruce NAUMAN Light Trap for H.M, No.1 1967 photograph, By Bruce Nauman Sculpture by Henry Moore by Beuys 1961 rubber, cardboard and glass, by Joseph BEUYS Reclining Figure 1969-1982 bronze, by Willem de KOONING. There is no discussion of these other artists or their work in this article. This edition also features, page 29, full page advert for The Henry Moore Foundation and The Henry Moore Institute, and page 20, a half page advert by Lund Humphries promoting three Henry Moore books, including Causey's The Drawings of Henry Moore.