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Brief introduction to Moore's life at Perry Green, drawing comparison to Auguste RODIN at Meudon. Mention of Moore/Rodin exhibition. Discussion of Moore's personal art collection, and in particular the five Carrière works in the collection. Discussion of the sale in 1997 of works from the Moore family collection at Sotheby's New York, and the opening of Hoglands for visitors in 2007 with works by Carrière among those by Degas, Cézanne, and Seurat among other famous names. Discussion of parallels between Moore's interest in the Mother and Child theme and Carrière's in maternités. Four illus. of Hoglands, six of Carrière's works owned by Moore (two of Famille: Mmm. Carrière, Élise, et Léon), and two of Henry Moore works: Lullaby (CGM 271) and Recumbent Figure (LH 191).