Reclining Mother And Child Henry Moore

P02671 reclining mother and child i 1979 p02671 p02673 three etchings each approx.

Reclining mother and child henry moore.

Reclining mother and child. Gift of the sydney and walda besthoff foundation 98 141. The sculpture combines two of his dominant themes. Reclining mother and child was made in 1975 76 when moore was in his late seventies.

This work combines several themes that preoccupied henry moore. Reclining mother and child. Ownership the henry moore foundation. The reclining figure the relationship of mother and child and the landscape.

Gift of the artist 1977 on long loan to the dallas museum of art. From puccio fine art henry moore reclining mother and child with grey background 1983 lithograph on t h. Reclining mother and child. Ownership the new orleans museum of art.

And for the tate gallery no further details published in. Saunders paper 21 1 2 29 3 5 in. The reclining figure and the mother and child. The tate gallery 1982 84.

Dimensions 213 cm 83 7 8 in published dimension medium bronze. Object number lh 649. Moore began exploring the reclining figure motif in a series of drawings he made in the late 1920s nearly sixty years before creating this sculpture. Moore was born in yorkshire england in 1898.

2018 france fonds hélène edouard leclerc pour la culture henry moore. The sculpture garden boasts a collection of works by british artists including henry moore s reclining mother and child. He is best known for his semi abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art as well as sculpture moore produced many drawings including a series depicting londoners sheltering from the blitz during the second world war along with other graphic works on paper. Sculpting in the 20th century.

Shell skirt the henry moore foundation. Gift of the artist 1977. Edition summary bronze edition of 7 1 cast 1975 76 primary. Illustrated catalogue of acquisitions london 1986.

Henry moore foundation collection. Although several examples of this combination exist in moore s drawings he very rarely conflated them in sculpture preferring to treat them as separate subjects. Henry moore foundation collection. 2001 02 dallas san francisco washington henry moore.

At his parents insistence he trained first as a school teacher but enrolled in art school after world war i. 8 7 8 11 1 8 225 283 printed by michael rand published by raymond spencer for the henry moore foundation in an edition of 50 h m 513 515 514 each inscribed moore b r.