Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
A sculptor's workshop: notes on a new figure by Henry Moore.
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Bib. Number0008769
A sculptor's workshop: notes on a new figure by Henry Moore.
Author/EditorSACKVILLE-WEST Edward.
PublisherThe Arts
Place PublishedLondon
Year1946
Date & Collation1 1946 32-36(9 illus).
LanguageEnglish
More InformationReclining Figure, 1945-1946 elm wood is photographed in progressive stages, with a short appreciation by Sackville-West. Being carved in wood its lines are more fluid than those of the contemporary Dartington memorial figure... The head is the first part to emerge from the solid block because it gives the scale of the whole... One could explore this figure as one explores a cave...created by the rhythmic erosion of the sea...""