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Article documenting the return of the Oceanic Sculpture A'a from the British Museum to The Museum of Tahiti for three years.
Discusses the history of the sculpture as well as reference to Moore explaining how he had admired A'a when visiting the British Museum in the 1920's and how he aquired a cast that remains on view in Hoglands.
Photograph of Moore with A'a 1978.
Reference to Moore on the second page of the article which highlights the 1967 production of Don Giovanni directed by Gian Carlo Menotti, for which Moore was commissioned to design the set. Some critics at the time wrote that the set 'conferred a timeless quality', although others considered it particularly unsightly.
Brief article in campus magazine providing light history of the Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture Garden at the University of California, Los Angeles. One drawn illustration by Maria RABINKY depicts highlights of the gardens, including Moore's Two Piece Reclining Figure No.3 1961 bronze (LH 478) cast 5. List mentions only.
The article describes Moores experience of producing his drawings of coalminers in Yorkshire 1941-42 when he was commissioned by the War Artists' Advisory Committee to record their contribution to the war effort.
1 Moore illus: Miners Pushing Tubs, 1942 (HMF 1933)
Article discussing the reception of the 2019 sculptue 'The Embrace' by Artist Hank William Thomas, to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Based on a photograph of an embrace between Martin Luther King and his wife after he received the Nobel peace prize in 1964 the final work created an uproar and was critisced for being unintelligable, confusing and open to misinterpretation. 'The Kiss' by Brancusi and Moore's 'Recumbent Figure' 1938, are used as comparisons that successfully communicate their intention and meaning. Other artists mentioned in teh artciel include Paul McCarthy and Constantin Brancusi
1 Moore illus: Recumbent Figure 1938 (LH 191).