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Nuclear Energy (1964–1966) (LH 526) is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore on the campus of the University of Chicago at the site of the world's first nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1. The first human-made self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was created here on December 2, 1942. [ 2 ]
Nuclear art was an artistic approach developed by some artists and painters, after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. László Moholy-Nagy, Nuclear II, 1946 (Milwaukee art museum) Conception and origins
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.
Leeds Art Gallery LH 22 Image online [17] Mask [14] 1924 Green marble H 17.8 LH 21 Image online [18] Woman with Upraised Arms [19] 1925 Hopton Wood stone H 43.2 Henry Moore Foundation LH 23 Image online [20] Chairback Relief [19] 1928 Teak L 78.7 LH 50a Image online [21] Two Heads [22] 1925 Mansfield stone H 31.7 Henry Moore Foundation LH 25 ...
Reclining Figure (Lincoln Center) (LH 519) [1] is a statue by Henry Moore.The original two-part bronze statue of a human figure was commissioned for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, where it has been displayed outdoors since 1965 in a pool of water to the north of the new Metropolitan Opera House.
Moore was commissioned in 1955 to create a sculpture for the piazza in front of UNESCO's new headquarters in Paris, designed by the architect Marcel Breuer.Early ideas included groups of standing or seated figures, such as Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58 and Draped Seated Woman 1957–58, but he settled on a single and more abstract reclining figure for the UNESCO commission.
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Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58 (LH 431) [1] is a bronze sculpture by British artist Henry Moore, with a series of six castings (plus an artists cast, 0/6) made by Hermann Noack in Berlin. [ 2 ] The sculpture depicts a female figure in a reclining position on its right side, with its weight supported on its right hand and right leg.