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Henry Moore Foundation LH 154a Image online [133] Carving [132] 1935 Walnut wood H 96.5 Henry Moore Foundation LH 158 Image online [134] Carving [132] 1935 African wonder stone H 15.2 LH 157 Image online [135] Sculpture [132] 1935 White marble L 55.9 Art Institute of Chicago: LH 161 Image online [136] Reclining Figure [137] 1936 Elm wood L 88.9 ...
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.
Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 is a bronze sculpture of 1967 by the English artist Henry Moore, ... List of sculptures by Henry Moore; Reclining Figure 1969–70;
Sculptures by the British sculptor Henry Moore (1898–1986). Pages in category "Sculptures by Henry Moore" The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
King and Queen (LH 350) [1] is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, designed in 1952. It depicts two figures, one male and one female, seated beside each other on a bench, both facing slightly to the left. It is Moore's only sculpture depicting a single pair of adult figures. Moore's records suggest it was originally known as Two Seated Figures.
BW/Colour: Black and white City: Paris/UNESCO House Country: France Date range: @@-06-1963 Description: Four men are securing Henry Moore's 'Reclining Figure' (acquired by UNESCO in 1958) with ropes and a metal superstructure, to a system of rails for hauling it away.
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.
The sculpture is based on a piece of flint with three prongs. [2] Moore intended to create a sculpture that could be placed in a variety of different orientations, and which would still work when viewed from different angles. The title refers to the points of the flint, and the intention that the sculpture would be effective in three orientations.