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Author/Editor: SPENCE Rachel
Publisher: Bonhams Magazine
Place Published: London
Year: 2014
Date & Collation: 41 2014 (Winter) 26-29(5 illus)
Description: Article on how one sculpture marks a crucial turning point in Moore's work (refering to UNESCO). Published in relation to the sale of Reclining Figure on a Pedestal on Monday 17 November 2014. Quote by Moore in 1930 The sculpture that moves me most is full bodied...it is not perfectly symmetrical it is static and it is strong and vital giving something of the energy and power of great mountains. It has a life of its own independent of the object it represents." Illus of Reclining Figure on a Pedestal 1959-60 bronze (LH 456); Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 1963 (LH 517); Moore with UNESCO Reclining Figure 1957-8 Roman travertine marble (LH 416) in front of the UNESCO building in Paris 1958. Quotes by Richard Calvocoressi. "