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In a 1944 letter to Myfanwy Evans Frances Hodgkins appreciated Grigson's tribute to Moore in the Penguin Modern Painters series (See 0008952).
Moore is also mentioned in a 1945 letter to Eardley Knollys and Jane Saunders when Hodgkins wished to buy a war drawing for a friend."
This interview is also cited in Letters of Frances Hodgkins (See 0015660)."
Biography of Dorothy Morland, director of the Institute for Contemporary Arts from 1950 to 1968. Mentions of Moore - a "lifelong friend" (p.22) - throughout, from their possible first meeting through their joint associations with the Group Theatre's production of Auden's Dance of Death in 1935 onwards. Two Moore works illustrated: Seated Figure LH 347 with Freda Paolozzi (p.62) and a textile design (Zigzag TEX 23) on the cover of the exhibition catalogue for Paintings into Textiles (p.79).
Catalogue of works from the collection of Dorothy and Richard Sherwood, being sold at 14 Christie's auctions over the course of 2019. Entries for two works by Henry Moore: Three Seated Figures 1940 (HMF 1506) and Mother and Child 1939 (LH 201). Comparative illustrations of Reclining Figure: Festival (LH 293) and Moore drawing in the Top Studio, Perry Green. Commentary on both works.
Discussion of Three Seated Figures draws comparisons to Picasso's Guernica, ancient Egyptian stone carvings (in particular a limestone statue of Inyotef, c.1950 BC), and the Three Fates and Three Graces of Greco-Roman mythology. Commentary on Mother and Child focuses on Moore's use of string in his sculpture, and mentions Stringed Relief (LH 182).
Front- and endpapers both show illustrations of Sherwood family home with LH 201 in situ.
14 Mother and Child No. 2: Crossed Feet, 1956 bronze.
16 Studies for Seated Women, 1938 and 1955 drawing.
Exhibits 30,69-70(1 illus) Henry Moore: one Drawing 1944 and two Bronzes 1944-1952.
142-147(8 illus) Henry Moore: seven Sculptures 1945-1966.
Rockefeller recalls briefly his friendship with Moore from 1946 onwards, and there is passing mention of Moore's works in texts by Barr and Lieberman. Moore's sculptures appear incidentally in one or two other photographs in the book. Lieberman's text is adapted from the 1969 M.O.M.A. exhibition catalogue (See 0004899).
156-158(1 illus) Henry Moore.
(Dorothy Hodgkin's Hands, 1978 drawing. This beautiful drawing is certainly not a study of abnormality but an exploration of form". The drawing is featured with portraits of Dorothy Hodgkin by Maggi Hambling and Graham Sutherland.
(Henry Moore made ten drawings which have all been catalogued as "Dorothy Hodgkin's Hands 1978". The one featured here is that owned by the Royal Society)."
200,202,218,247(1 illus) Henry Moore: Two Forms, 1934 pynkado wood.The non-geometric biomorphic forms of Arp and Miró and Moore are definitely in the ascendent.
For 1966 Arno Press reprint see 0005617. For 1975 Secker and Warburg edition see 0003549. For 1986 Belknap Press edition see 0000203."
For the 8pp supplement issued by the Rodin Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art see 0005370. For 5pp checklist see 0000514.
200,202,218,247(1 illus) Henry Moore.
For annotation see 0009210.