Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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Image of Warrior With Shield 1953-54 (LH 360) on p.66. Photographed with Ritzi and Peter Jacobi's Transilvania II in 1975 at the Lausanne Biennial. Moore is not mentioned in the text.
A selection of artworks held by the Norton Simon Museum, grouped into paintings, works on paper, sculptures, photography and Asian art. The section on sculpture contains two Moore works: King and Queen 1952-53 (LH 350) and Two Piece Reclining Figure No.9 1968 (LH 576). The King and Queen "recall[s] Cycladic Figurines and ancient Etruscan tomb sculptures" while still being influenced by the piercing of the form pioneered by Hepworth in the early 1930s. Moore's adoption of pierced forms transformed "both his own practice and the course of modern sculpture". Two-Piece Reclining Figure No.9 is a bronze that is "both cast and carved" - Moore began the practice in the 1950s of modelling in plaster before carving it when it had hardened.
(French: Un univers d'art; Spanish: Un universo de arte). Catalogue in three languages discussing works in the UNESCO collection.
Foreword by Irina BOKOVA: Moore listed as one of the well-known artists in the UNESCO collection.
Introduction by Tania FERNÁNDEZ DE TOLEDO: mention of Moore as one of the first artists selected to be asked to produce work for the UNESCO building (pp.15,18).
pp.89-95: discussion of the UNESCO Reclining Figure, and brief biography of Moore; 9 illus.
pp.19-20: mention of the Pinakothek's acquisition of Moore's Draped Reclining Woman (LH 431) (illus. p.18).
50 artists are presented, each with brief biography and thumbnail portrait together with representational image/s of their work. Moore's biography is presented on page 94, it includes reference to some of his influences, contemporaries and his works: reclining figures sited at UNESCO in Paris, Lincoln Center in New York and his Transformation Drawings and Shelter Drawings. On page 95 there is a full page image of King and Queen 1952-53 (LH 350) sited at Glenkiln, Scotland and a double page image of Reclining Figure No.7 1980 plaster with surface colour (LH 752) on pages 96 and 97.
Moore, along with Michelangelo, Bernini, Rodin, and Anish Kapoor mentioned as a sculptor whose forms are made up of curves - illustrated with images of the Recumbent Figure 1938 (LH 191), Large Reclining Figure 1984 (LH 192b), and details of Reclining Figure: Angles 1979 (LH 675), Large Figure in a Shelter 1985-86 (LH 652c), Three Piece Reclining Figure: Draped 1975 (LH 655), and Double Oval 1966 (LH 560).
A series of essays on the changes in the artistic portrayal of war in the modern period. Mentions of Moore in essays on the Cold War by Sarah WILSON and on propoganda by Jo FOX. 3 Moore illus: UNESCO Reclining Figure and Helmet Head No.1 in Wilson's essay, and Pink and Green Sleepers in Fox's.
Moore's Three Standing Figures 1948 (LH 268) as an example of "functional verticality" in modern British sculpture. Similarity drawn to ancient Greek herms (p.28, illus. p.29). Upright Motive No.1: Glenkiln Cross 1955-56 (LH 377) and Three Upright Motives 1955-56 (LH 377, 379, 386) are reminiscent of totem poles, but also a crucifixion scene - compare Bacon's Three Figures (p. 40, illus. p.41). Moving onto the horizontal in sculpture, the Dartington Memorial Figure 1945-46 (LH 262), like John Michael Rysbrack's monument to Lord Harborough, raises herself up to face the viewer; Moore's reclining figures are "definitely awake" and "suggest the unfinished conversation" (p.84, illus. p.85); the Falling Warrior 1956-57 (LH 405) is unusual for Moore in that the figure is falling rather than rising (p.86, illus. p.87). His drawings of reclining figures, such as Shelter Scene: Bunks and Sleepers 1941 (HMF 1789) and some coal mining drawings, hint at the "space between life and death" (p.88, illus. p.89). Moore's West Wind 1928-29 (LH 58) is one of four winds commissioned by young sculptors for the London Underground HQ (p.94, illus. p.95)
Paintings of London over four centuries, from the 17th onwards. Includes a reproduction of Moore's Shelterers in the Tube 1941 (HMF 1797) and a brief summary of how he came to do the shelter drawings.
New edition of 0013462.
Moore quoted on sculpture pp.15, 16, 22, 24, 154.
p.16: three views of Reclining Figure: External Form in Freiburg.
p.93: mention of Moore's Warrior with Shield as a reaction to the Second World War. Warrior with Shield further discussed (and illustrated) on p.104. Quotes Eric Neumann on the work, and Moore on his influences in creating it. Moore talks about using a pebble he found on the beach as inspiration.
p.133: illus. of Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae.
p.135: Moore mentioned alongside Hans Arp and Barbara Hepworth as a sculptor who created works based on organic forms.
p.146: Discussion of Large Two Forms, with illus. of cast in Bonn and plaster maquette; quotes Moore on influence of bones on his sculpture. Mention of Large Two Forms again on p.166.
p.150: another mention of Moore in the context of biomorphic art, alongside Hepworth, Arp, and Constantin Brancusi.