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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

A Basic History of Art. Third edition.

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A Basic History of Art. Third edition.
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Bib. Number0015892

A Basic History of Art. Third edition.

PublisherPrentice-Hall
Place PublishedEnglewood Cliffs, N.J.
Year
Date & Collation472pp.Illus.Glossary.Chronology.Bibliog.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationPublished with Abrams (New York). ALso published by Abrams under the title History of Art for Young People. The original edition of A Basic History of Art was written by H.W. Janson with Samuel Cauman.
402-404 Primevalism: Brancusi, Moore, Hepworth.
(Illustrates two Moore carvings. Two Forms, 1936 Hornton stone is seen ad the second-generation offspring of Brancusi's Kiss". Recumbent Figure 1938 green Hornton stone looks "as if the forms had resulted from the slow erosion of a thousand years")."