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.
Henry moore reclining mother and child.
The tate gallery 1982 84.
Henry spencer moore 30 july 1898 31 august 1986 was an english artist.
4th edition edited by david sylvester with an introduction by herbert read.
Walker foundation 1963.
Gift of the t.
Moore studied art at the royal college of art in london with.
Reclining mother and child.
Sculpture and drawings 1921 1948.
And for the tate gallery no further details published in.
Reclining mother and child and two mother and child studies.
His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure typically depicting mother and child or reclining figures.
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.
Gift of the sydney and walda besthoff foundation 98 141.
This work combines several themes that preoccupied henry moore.
Moore s works are usually suggestive of the female body apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups.
Dimensions 213 cm 83 7 8 in published dimension medium bronze.
Henry spencer moore om ch fba 30 july 1898 31 august 1986 was an english artist.
The reclining figure the relationship of mother and child and the landscape.
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.
Edition summary bronze edition of 7 1 cast 1975 76 primary.
The sculpture combines two of his dominant themes.
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.
Moore was born in yorkshire england in 1898.
P02671 reclining mother and child i 1979 p02671 p02673 three etchings each approx.
Ownership collection walker art center minneapolis.
132 1 228 6 35 5 cm.
At his parents insistence he trained first as a school teacher but enrolled in art school after world war i.
The sculpture garden boasts a collection of works by british artists including henry moore s reclining mother and child.
The reclining figure and the mother and child.
Reclining mother and child.
Object number lh 480 cast 3.
His forms are generally.
Studies of mother and child ideas for.
Date 1960 61 cast 1961.
Reclining mother and child was made in 1975 76 when moore was in his late seventies.
Henry moore volume one.
Ownership the new orleans museum of art.