Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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318, Illustrations 160,383,523(3 illus) Henry Moore.
Passing mention in the text, and photographs of three sculptures.
Anthology of Greek mythology, in ancient and modern versions Two Moore illus.: Tête de Prométhée (HMF 2577a) and Minerva – Prométhée – Pandora (HMF 2574a) in the section "Prometheus creates man", along with an extract from Albert Camus' L'Homme revolté (The Rebel).
Coffee table book about artists in their own words, from the Renaissance to the modern day.
pp.416-419 on Moore.
One-paragraph introduction to Moore as an artist, mentioning non-European art, Vision and Design, the collections of the British Museum, and the works of Gaugin as formative influences.
Quotes Moore discussing King and Queen 1952-53 and the sculpture park at Glenkiln, with two illus. of the work at Glenkiln. Mentions of the Middelheim cast.
p.418: full page illus of Sculpture and Red Rocks 1942.
p.428: on Mark Rothko. Draws comparison between the inspirations of Moore and Rothko, who was influenced by Egyptian and Near Eastern art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Coffee-table book with more than 500 illustrations on London from the medieval period to the present day. A number of references to Moore in the final section, "Du modernisme au postmodernisme". p.391 mentions Moore as one of the members of the Seven and Five Society and Unit One, along with Nicholson, Nash, Hepworth, Wells Coates, and Herbert Read. p.394: illus. of Recumbent Figure. p.395 has a brief summary of Moore's life up until WWII, mentioning his education at Leeds and the Royal College of Art, his friendship with Kenneth Clark, and the influence of the British Museum's collections and Cezanne's Grandes Baigneuses on his work. p.396 mentions Moore's Shelter Drawings in a discussion of the Blitz, and p.397 has an illus. of Tube Shelter Perspective. Mention of Moore's work for the War Artists' Advisory Committee on p.398. p.428: Moore's success in the 1960s, many abstract works were installed in public spaces in London, including Knife Edge: Two Piece. Mention of Caro's work as an assistant of Moore. p.452 contrasts the work of later British sculptors, such as Richard Deacon and Tony Cragg, with that of Moore and Hepworth.