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Sculpture in the Garden; Edited by Partick EYRES and Fiona RUSSELL

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Sculpture in the Garden; Edited by Partick EYRES and Fiona RUSSELL
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Bib. Number0021517

Sculpture in the Garden; Edited by Partick EYRES and Fiona RUSSELL

Book
PublisherAshgate
Place PublishedAldershot
Year
Date & Collation196pp.illus.bibliograpy.index
LanguageEnglish
More InformationCollection of essays considers the changing relationship between sculpture and gardens over the last three centuries. Moore content: 34(1 illus) - JAMES Geoffrey: Photographs; (Illus shows Moore's Draped Seated Woman 1957-58 bronze, (LH 428) at Yorkshire Sculpture Park). 113-119(1 Illus) - EYRES Patrick and RUSSELL Fiona : Introduction, Modernism, Postmodernism, Landscape and Regeneration; (1 Illus shows Two-Piece Reclining Figure No.5 1963-64 bronze, (LH 517) at Kenwood House, London Mentions of Moore throughout). 120-131(4 Illus) - POWERS Alan : Henry Moore's Recumbent Figure, 1938, at Bentley Wood; (Explores the importance of Moore's sculpture at the Sussex home of Serge Chermayeff. Illus show Recumbent Figure 1938 Hornton stone, (LH 191). Planting scheme for gardens at Bentley Wood listed. Discussion focused on the architectural significance of the sculpture. Mention of damaged caused by two US Marines to Recumbent Figure whilst on loan from Tate to Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1944). 132-143(3 Illus) - BURSTOW Robert: Modern Sculpture in the Public Park: A Socialist Experiment in Open-Air 'Cultured Leisure': (Exploration of Moore's work at the 1948 LCC Battersea Park Sculpture exhibition and his political affilation to Labour Socialism. Illus, page 132, shows Moore with Patricia Strauss and Aneurin Bevan regarding Moore's Three Standing Figures 1947-48 Darley Dale stone, (LH 268). Illus, page 138, shows a group of women at Battersea Park studying Moore's sculpture. Includes illustrations of two cartoons spoofing the exhibition and Moore's sculpture; page 139 - Sculpture in the Park" Manchester Guardian 18 May 1948 by Stephen Bone depicts Three Standing Figures; page 140 - "The Open Air Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture in Battersea Park is Arousing Considerable Interest" The Recorder 7 August 1948 by Sid Scales depicts Recumbent Figure). 144-155(2 Illus) - STEPHENS Chris: Modernism Out of Doors: Barbara Hepworth's Garden: (LH 350); page 152 shows Large Reclining Figure 1984 bronze (LH 192b)).