Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 Explained
| Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 |
| Wikidata: | Q17016283 |
| Image Upright: | 1 |
| Artist: | Henry Moore |
| Catalogue: | LH 629[1] |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Subject: | A reclining human figure |
| Length Metric: | 4 |
| Metric Unit: | m |
| Imperial Unit: | ft |
Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 (LH 629) is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore. Approximately long, the sculpture was made an edition of seven full size casts (plus an artist's copy), all cast by the Hermann Noack foundry in Berlin.
Description
Relatively unusually for Moore's work, the cast is polished rather than patinated. The highly abstract – almost surreal – sculpture comprises four pieces, with the composition reminiscent of a reclining human figure.
Casts
One cast is located outside the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall at the intersection of Van Ness and Grove Streets in San Francisco's Civic Center, in the U.S. state of California.[2] [3] The work's estimated cost is between $60,000 and $85,000.[2] The work was displayed in London's Gagosian Gallery in 2012.[4]
Other casts are located at the Lamont Library, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[5] and at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art in Kofu, Japan.[6] The artist's copy (cast 0) is at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire.[7]
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: henry-moore.org . Large Four Piece Reclining Figure . https://web.archive.org/web/20210513032924/http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/14978/large-four-piece-reclining-figure . 13 May 2021.
- Web site: Henry Moore Large Four Piece Reclining Figure, 1973. May 3, 2010. July 17, 2013. San Francisco Arts Commission. https://web.archive.org/web/20101221070918/http://www.sfartscommission.org/pubartcollection/artcare/2010/05/03/henry-moore-large-four-piece-reclining-figure-1973/. December 21, 2010. dead.
- Web site: Henry Moore Works in Public: Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 (LH 629). July 17, 2013. Henry Moore Foundation.
- Web site: Henry Moore: Large Late Forms. July 17, 2013. June 8, 2012. Sam. Phillips. Royal Academy.
- http://www.henry-moore.org/works-in-public/world/united-states-of-america/cambridge/lamont-library-harvard-university/large-four-piece-reclining-figure-1972-73-lh-629 Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972-73 (LH 629)
- http://www.henry-moore.org/works-in-public/world/japan/kofu/yamanashi-prefectural-museum-of-art/large-four-piece-reclining-figure-1972-73-lh-629/location Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972-73 (LH 629)
- http://catalogue.henry-moore.org:8080/emuseum/view/objects/asitem/search@/0?t:state:flow=247cfdfe-3e42-422e-97b7-aa84b8dca764 Henry Moore Artworks, Online catalogue
