Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars
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Bib. Number0024125
The Real and the Romantic: English Art Between Two World Wars
Author/EditorSPALDING Frances
PublisherThames and Hudson
Place PublishedLondon
Year2022
Date & Collation384pp.147illus.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationMuch discussion of Moore. Two works illus. in Chapter 7: "Expanding the Western European Tradition": the Cumberland alabaster Girl with Clasped Hands 1930 (LH 93), and Reclining Figure 1929 in brown Hornton stone (LH 59). Also mentioned (p.204) is the pynkado wood Two Forms 1934 in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art (LH 153). Discussion of Moore's experiences in the First World War, his education, the influence of the British Museum and of non-Western art on his work, the influence of Fry's Vision and Design and of Gaudier-Brzeska's work, and his association with the Seven and Five Society. Discussion of many of Moore's contemporaries, friends, and associates, including Barbara Hepworth, Ben Nicholson, Herbert Read, and Unit One.