Places of the Mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950

0023486 Ideas for Sculpture 1935 (HMF 1160);Elmwood Reclining Figure 1939 (LH 210);Two Upright Forms 1936 (HMF 1254);Reclining Figure and Red Rocks 1942 (HMF 2067);Crowd looking at a Tied-up Object 1942 (HMF 2064);London Skyline 1940-41 (HMF 1574);Head Made up of Devasted House 1940-41 (HMF 1611);The Shelter drawings;John Tunnard;Jacquetta Hawkes's A Land 1951;Gordon Onslow Ford;Wentworth Thompson's On Growth and Form;Geoffrey Grigson;Biomorphology Places of the Mind: British watercolour landscapes 1850-1950 Thames and Hudson and The British Museum London

Exhibition catalogue of British watercolour landscapes from 1850-1950 featuring six images of works by Henry Moore on pages:106,110,113,167,168 and169. Page 106 Ideas for Sculpture 1935 (HMF 1160) with text quoting Moore on how the landscape near his home on the Kent Downs in 1930s became important as an enironment for his sculpture with reference to bio-morphism and other new theories that had an influence on him and other artists.
P109 refers to Wentworth Thompson's On Growth and Form as a source book for Moore and a quote from Gordon Onslow Ford on Elmwood Reclining Figure 1939 (LH 210). Page 109 mentions Moore's first visit to Stonehenge in 1921 and discusses its influence on him, leading to a full page image on page 110 of Moore's Two Upright Forms 1936 (HMF 1254).
Page 111 compares Dali's paitings to Moore's Reclining Figure and Red Rocks 1942 (HMF 2067), as presented in full page on page 113.
Page 116 mentions Moore encouraging John Tunnard to collect nautical detritus and reference to morphology, Barbara Hepworth, Paul Nash and others.
Full page image of Crowd Looking at a Tied-up Object 1942 (HMF 2064) on page 167, with discussion on page 166 of Moore's concern with landscape and pictorial settings and the Shelter drawings with quote from Moore on the chorus in Greek drama. Full page image on page 168 of London Skyline 1940-41 (HMF 1574) and on page 169 of Head Made up of Devasted House 1940-41 (HMF 1611).                                               
Page 170 mentions Moore supplying some drawings for Jacquetta Hawkes' Festival of Britain related book A Land 1951 (see 0008129).