The Moore Collection in the Art Gallery of Ontario

0002440 The Moore Collection in the Art Gallery of Ontario Dr Alan G. Wilkinson Art Gallery of Ontario Toronto Outlines the association with Viljo Revell, the eventual acquisition by Toronto of Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964-1965 bronze, and the subsequent development of the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre, to which Moore donated 101 Sculptures, 57 Drawings, and an almost complete collection of Prints. With purchases and donations before and since, this catalogue documents 73 Drawings, and 126 Sculptures in the Collection. A selection of 37 Prints is also included. Each work is documented in detail, with a commentary by Alan Wilkinson drawing on The Drawings of Henry Moore (See 0003064) to which frequent references are made. Background information is provided, and comments by Moore are incorporated. A brief selection of works which are documented in some depth:
Page 155 from No. 3 Notebook: Study for Manchester Mother and Child, 1924 drawing; Ideas for West Wind Relief, 1928 drawings; Page from Sketchbook 1934: Ideas for Sculpture, 1934 drawing; Ideas for Sculpture: Studies for Four Piece Composition: Reclining Figure, 1934 drawing; Page from Square Forms Sketchbook, 1934 drawings; Projects for Relief Sculptures on London University, 1938 drawing; Miners Resting During Stoppage of Conveyor Belt, 1942 drawings; Seated Figure, 1930 alabaster; Stringed Head, 1938 bronze and string; Family Group, 1947 plaster; Standing Figure, 1950 fibreglass; Reclining Figure, 1951 plaster; Working Model for Upright Internal-External Form, 1951 bronze; Mother and Child, 1953 plaster; Draped Reclining Figure, 1952-1953 plaster; Time-Life Screen, 1952 maquettes; Warrior with Shield, 1953-1954 bronze; Wall Relief: Maquette No. 2, 1955 bronze; Wall Relief: Maquette No. 4, 1955 bronze; U.N.E.S.C.O. Reclining Figure, 1957-1958 travertine marble; Draped Seated Woman, 1957-1958 plaster; Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 1, 1959 plaster;; Working Model for Standing Figure: Knife Edge, 1961 fibreglass; Working Model for Locking Piece, 1962 plaster; Working Model for Reclining Figure: Lincoln Center, 1963-1965 plaster; Atom Piece, 1964-1965 plaster; Working Model for Three Way Piece No. 2: Archer, 1964 bronze; Large Two Forms, 1966 and 1969 bronze.
The illustrations include photographs of Moore by Arnold Newman, Yousuf Karsh and Errol Jackson, family snapshots, work in situ, sources.