Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Henry Moore: Animals.
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23-31 Reptiles.
(From Snake 1924 marble through to Large Slow Form 1962-1968 bronze).
33-55 Birds and Insect Forms.
(More than four decades of bird forms from the near-geometric Bird 1927 bronze to the black marble Bird Form I-II 1973 marble the Butterfly pieces and drawings of crows).
57-99 Domestic Animals.
(Sections on: Horses (ranging from drawings and bronzes of the 1920s to tapestries of the 1970s and the ponies in the Coal Mine Drawings).
Goats and Sheep (Goats drawing from the 1921 Sketchbook through the bronze Sheep Piece 1971-1972 bronze and the Sheep Sketchbook 1972).
Other Domestic Animals include portrayals of cows pigs dogs and cats.
101-113 Animal Forms.
(Bone forms are at the heart of many sculptural objects transformation drawings and animal carvings).
115-123 Elephant and Rhinoceros Skulls .
(Drawings prints and sculpture stimulated by Moore's possession of animal skulls. "The elephant is the most remarkable living link we have with the prehistoric world").
125-149 Fantastic and Fabulous Animals.
(A range of animal heads lynx drawings and "shut-eye" drawings executed with closed eyes).
151-167 Wild Animals.
(Recent graphic portrayals of tigers bison rhinoceroses and elephants).
The deluxe edition of this work contained two 1982 etchings."
Bib. Number0000969
Henry Moore: Animals.
Author/EditorSTRACHAN W.J.
PublisherAurum Press
Place PublishedLondon
Year1983
Date & Collation176pp(196 illus).22 plates.Bibliog.
LanguageEnglish
More InformationAnimals as a theme in the work of Henry Moore. There are photographs of 178 works by Moore, 21 in colour, plus 37 works by other artists, with two photographs of Moore, and one of the Elephant Skull. A fifteen-page Preface and Introduction is followed by seven sections of photographs, each with an introductory commentary. There are brief quotations from Moore and others. The Preface acknowledges the contributors to the work. The Introduction stresses that the works are not realistic interpretations but bold original shapes emphasizing individual animal character". Drawings display the range from studies of bone form to "more deliberate studies from life" of sheep. The sculpture reminds us of pressure from within in bronze and marble carvings derived and transformed from primitive and natural forms and of the work of other artists particularly the pioneers of modern sculpture like Brancusi and Picasso. Strachan quotes from conversations with Moore on Mexican and prehistoric art on Medieval carvings and the Surreal and fantastic. He notes Moore's compulsive draughtsmanship in all forms of graphic media.23-31 Reptiles.
(From Snake 1924 marble through to Large Slow Form 1962-1968 bronze).
33-55 Birds and Insect Forms.
(More than four decades of bird forms from the near-geometric Bird 1927 bronze to the black marble Bird Form I-II 1973 marble the Butterfly pieces and drawings of crows).
57-99 Domestic Animals.
(Sections on: Horses (ranging from drawings and bronzes of the 1920s to tapestries of the 1970s and the ponies in the Coal Mine Drawings).
Goats and Sheep (Goats drawing from the 1921 Sketchbook through the bronze Sheep Piece 1971-1972 bronze and the Sheep Sketchbook 1972).
Other Domestic Animals include portrayals of cows pigs dogs and cats.
101-113 Animal Forms.
(Bone forms are at the heart of many sculptural objects transformation drawings and animal carvings).
115-123 Elephant and Rhinoceros Skulls .
(Drawings prints and sculpture stimulated by Moore's possession of animal skulls. "The elephant is the most remarkable living link we have with the prehistoric world").
125-149 Fantastic and Fabulous Animals.
(A range of animal heads lynx drawings and "shut-eye" drawings executed with closed eyes).
151-167 Wild Animals.
(Recent graphic portrayals of tigers bison rhinoceroses and elephants).
The deluxe edition of this work contained two 1982 etchings."