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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Paroles d'Artistes: De la Renaissance à Sophie Calle [Artists' Words: From the Renaissance to Sophie Calle]

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Paroles d'Artistes: De la Renaissance à Sophie Calle [Artists' Words: From the Renaissance to Sophie Calle]

Author/EditorEdited by BLANC Jan
Place PublishedParis
Year
Date & Collation504pp.illus.
LanguageFrench
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Coffee table book about artists in their own words, from the Renaissance to the modern day.

pp.416-419 on Moore.

One-paragraph introduction to Moore as an artist, mentioning non-European art, Vision and Design, the collections of the British Museum, and the works of Gaugin as formative influences.

Quotes Moore discussing King and Queen 1952-53 and the sculpture park at Glenkiln, with two illus. of the work at Glenkiln. Mentions of the Middelheim cast.

p.418: full page illus of Sculpture and Red Rocks 1942.

p.428: on Mark Rothko. Draws comparison between the inspirations of Moore and Rothko, who was influenced by Egyptian and Near Eastern art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.