Celebrating Moore: Works from the Collection of the Henry Moore FoundationThis book is a celebration of The Henry Moore Foundation's collection--the most important and comprehensive single group of Moore's drawings, graphics, and sculpture. More than 300 of Moore's acclaimed works are reproduced in full color, and extensive captions are provided by distinguished sculptors, art critics, and art historians, many of whom knew and worked with Moore. Their fresh insights and personal anecdotes provide a detailed and compelling analysis of Moore's artistry. David Mitchinson's introductory essay traces the formation of The Henry Moore Foundation's collection, a fascinating story that has never been told before. He explains Moore's somewhat haphazard way of working, the confused ownership between the Foundation and its trading company, the strengths and weaknesses of the Collection itself, and the evolution of the Foundation's property at Perry Green in Hertfordshire. With a foreword by Sir Alan Bowness, Celebrating Moore will be a welcome addition to the study and appreciation of Henry Moore for years to come. From the Foreword:"Henry Moore talked well and liked talking about sculpture, but he rarely gave any verbal explanation of his own works. That was for others to do: He was the man who had made the piece and put it out in the world. This is the form that the catalogue takes--twenty-five sculptors, art historians, critics, curators, and film makers write about sculptures and drawings that particularly interest them." |
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abstract Acquired 1986 exhibitions Alan Bowness Alan Wilkinson artist 1977 exhibitions artist's copies Barcelona Bernard Meadows Bratislava/Prague 1993 British Council British Museum bronze edition Budapest Caracas carving catalogue chalk colour Complete Drawings Composition David Mitchinson Delhi early female Forte dei Marmi Foundation's Collection Garrould graphics head Helsinki Henry Moore Foundation Hermann Noack hole Hong Kong 1986 Ideas for Sculpture included Internal/External Form Irina Moore Ittingen Krakow/Warsaw 1995 landscape later Leeds legs Leningrad/Moscow 1991 Lisbon loans London Madrid Mannheim maquettes marble Martigny Mexico City Mitchinson monumental Mother and Child Nantes Notebook nude Paris pen and ink Perry Green Piece Reclining Figure plaster publications recto relief Seated Figure Second Shelter Sketchbook shape Shelter drawings signature sketches space stamped Moore Standing Figure stone studies Sydney Tate Gallery theme Tokyo/Fukuoka 1986 Trustees undated inscription unsigned Gift Upright Motive Venice verso watercolour wash wax crayon Yorkshire Sculpture Park