Henry Moore is most recognized for his large outdoor sculpture, but his work began on a much smaller scale. As early as the 1930s, along with Barbara Hepworth, Moore became interested in adding space as a viable element to his sculpture. And though he did not necessarily rely on piercing through marble or bronze to convey the importance of space, Moore’s acknowledgement of the absence of material is just as powerful. In Reclining Form, for example, a dramatic cavity is revealed beneath the supple curves of a fully modeled form, and the buoyant space created below releases the weightiness of the heavy marble above.
Details
- Artist Name: Henry Moore (English, 1898-1986)
- Title: Reclining Form
- Date: 1966
- Medium: Marble, two pieces
- Dimensions: 15 x 44-3/4 in. (38.1 x 113.7 cm)
- Credit Line: Norton Simon Art Foundation
- Accession Number: M.1974.07.S
- Copyright: © The Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Object Information
Wildenstein & Co., sold 1974-07-29 to:
Norton Simon Art Foundation.
Henry Moore Carvings
- London, Marlborough Fine Art Ltd., 1967-07 to 1967-08
Henry Moore Carvings and Bronzes 1961-1970
- New York, Knoedler/Marlborough, 1970-04 to 1970-05
[on loan]
- Phoenix, Phoenix Art Museum, 1974-07-10 to 1974-11-05
Beyond Brancusi: The Space of Sculpture
- Norton Simon Museum, 2013-04-26 to 2014-01-06
Sculptural Motives: Works on Paper and Sculpture by Henry Moore, 1953-1973
- Norton Simon Museum, 2000-10-04 to 2001-01-15
Henry Moore
- Norton Simon Museum, 1986-09-04 to 1987-02-15
Under the Influence: Art-Inspired Art
- Norton Simon Museum, 2008-10-17 to 2009-03-02
Impossible Realities: Marcel Duchamp and the Surrealist Tradition
- Norton Simon Museum, 1991-07-04 to 1992-03-08
- Marlborough Gallery, Henry Moore Carvings, 1967, no. 21, fig. 21
- Melville, R., Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, 1968, no. 701, fig. 701 p. 366
- Thompson, D., "Der neue Henry Moore" das Kunstwerk, 1968, pp. 4-13
- M Knoedler & Co. Inc.; and Marlborough Gallery Inc., Henry Moore Carvings and Bronzes 1961-1970, 1970, no. 6 p. 17
- Knoke, Christine, Sculptural Motives: Works on Paper and Sculpture by Henry Moore 1953-1973, 2001,
- Campbell, Sara, Collector Without Walls: Norton Simon and His Hunt for the Best, 2010, cat. 1078 p. 369
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