Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

The Wall: Background for Sculpture

Date1962

Artwork TypeSculpture Summary

Catalogue NumberLH 483

Mediabronze

Foundry Art Bronze Foundry (Gaskin's), London

Dimensionspublished dimensions: 254 cm (100 in.)

Ownershipedition summary - see individual casts for ownership

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Edition summary

Bronze edition of 1+1, cast 1962
Primary: plaster, 1962

This work is the result of an experiment Moore made when facing the challenge of placing his sculpture in an architectural setting. The Wall was intended as a background for a sculpture, to form a visual barrier between the sculpture and the architecture. It is closely related to a number of smaller sculptures Moore made in the late 1950s of figures seated in front of walls. The flat plane of the wall is broken up and made more visually interesting with holes and strong textured areas. In some examples the walls are curved dramatically. While this idea worked on a small scale, Moore found that larger sculptures were more successful without a walled background, and so abandoned the idea.

ExhibitionsPublished References

Moore at Kew.

Henry Moore at Perry Green