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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Un Editeur Genevois: Gérald Cramer, au fil de ses archives de 1942 à 1986. (A Genevese Publisher: Gérald Cramer, as seen through his own records of 1942-1986).

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Un Editeur Genevois: Gérald Cramer, au fil de ses archives de 1942 à 1986. (A Genevese Publisher: Gérald Cramer, as seen through his own records of 1942-1986).
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Un Editeur Genevois: Gérald Cramer, au fil de ses archives de 1942 à 1986. (A Genevese Publisher: Gérald Cramer, as seen through his own records of 1942-1986).

Author/EditorEHRENSTROM Annick.
Place PublishedGeneva
Year
Date & Collation300pp.Illus.Bibliog.Text in French.
LanguageFrench/
More InformationPublished on the occasion of the exhibition 27 Oct 1988 to 8 Jan 1989 at the Musée Rath organised by the Musée d'Art et d'Histoire de Genève.
138-187(80 illus) Les Années Moore.
(Re-opening of the Cramer Gallery in 1962 after extensive alterations with the Moore exhibition (See 0006471) and stock catalogue (See 0006488). Gérald Cramer had purchased Moore works from the Leicester Galleries ten years earlier, and began visiting Moore in Much Hadham in 1961 when he discovered the block of the two 1931 Prints, Figures: Sculptures, 1931 wood engraving and Reclining Nude, 1931 wood engraving. Cramer encouraged Moore to explore new graphic techniques, beginning with lithography about 1963 and etchings from 1966. Outlines collaboration with Jacques Frélaut and individual prints and publications, including the Elephant Skull album (See 0004721) and the 1970 catalogue and touring exhibition (See 0004696). The series of Catalogues Raisonnés (See 0004025, 0003308, 0002131, 0010456), and other Print albums. Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points, 1969-1970 bronze and Reclining Figure: Arch Leg, 1969-1970 bronze in Switzerland. Exhibitions, including the 1977 Bibliothèque Nationale exhibition (See 0003079). Creation of the Henry Moore Foundation.
275-293 ôuvres déposées au Cabinet des estampes, Musée d'art et d'histoire, Genève.
(Lists over 60 print works by Moore, including the albums: Elephant Skull album (See 0004721); Helmet Head Lithographs (See 0003607); Sheep album (See 0003614).
There are one or two other incidental mentions of Moore throughout this publication.