Standing Figure: Knife Edge Explained

Standing Figure: Knife Edge
Wikidata:Q19760180
Image Upright:1
Artist:Henry Moore
Year:1961
Catalogue:LH 482
Medium:Bronze
Height Metric:280

Standing Figure: Knife Edge is a bronze sculpture by the English artist Henry Moore. It was cast in two full-size versions: Standing Figure: Knife Edge (LH 482) in 1961, and a larger Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge (LH 482a) in 1976. The sculpture also is sometimes known as Standing Figure (Bone) or Winged Figure.

Moore first conceived the work in 1961. It is based on a fragment of a bird's breastbone, to which a base and a head were added with plasticine. A rounded protrusion forms the head, and the figure has a diagonal line at its waist. The resulting composition resembles a human torso, similar to the Winged Victory of Samothrace. It had been described as the end point of Moore's investigation of upright figures, which started with Standing Figure (1950) (LH 290). He used a similar process, starting with bone fragments, for his 1962 work, Knife Edge Two Piece.

The sculpture was enlarged in three stages. First, Moore made a 162.5cm (64inches) high working model (LH 481) in 1961. The Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green, Hertfordshire, has two versions, one in plaster and another in fibreglass,[1] [2] and other examples are held by the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Japan,[3] and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC.[4]

Second, Moore made the 2.8m (09.2feet) high Standing Figure: Knife Edge (LH 482), cast at the Morris Singer art foundry in 1961 in an edition of 7 (6 plus 1 artist's copy). The artist's copy, cast 0, is displayed in the W. B. Yeats Memorial Garden at St Stephen's Green in Dublin.[5] [6] [7] This piece was restored in 2020.[8] There are other examples at:

Moore enlarged the work again to create the 3.6m (11.8feet) high Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge (LH 482a), cast in 1976 in an edition of 8 (6 plus 2 artist's copies). The two artists copies, cast 0 and cast 00, are owned by the Henry Moore Foundation, with one displayed in Greenwich Park from 1979 to 2007, and again since 2011.[18] [19] [20] There are other examples at:

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  1. http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/14676/working-model-for-standing-figure-knife-edge Working Model for Standing Figure: Knife Edge (plaster)
  2. http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/18661/working-model-for-standing-figure-knife-edge Working Model for Standing Figure: Knife Edge (fibreglass)
  3. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/japan/hakone/open-air-museum/working-model-for-standing-figure-knife-edge-1961 Working Model for Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 481), Hakone
  4. http://hirshhorn.si.edu/search-results/search-result-details/?edan_search_value=hmsg_66.3653 Working Model for "Standing Figure: Knife Edge"
  5. http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/15483/standing-figure-knife-edge?ctx=33b183ab-210b-4262-9f65-908a72348ecb&idx=0 Standing Figure: Knife Edge, LH 482 cast 0
  6. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/ireland/dublin/st-stephen-green/standing-figure-knife-edge Standing Figure Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482), Dulin
  7. http://www.vanderkrogt.net/statues/object.php?webpage=CO&record=ie040 Knife-Edge, memorial for W.B. Yeats
  8. Web site: 'Hidden gem' restored in Dublin's St Stephen's Green. https://web.archive.org/web/20200708075334/http://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0707/1151954-yeats-memorial/. 2020-07-08. 8 July 2020. Bromwell. Philip. .
  9. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/united-states-of-america/san-francisco/maritime-plaza/standing-figure-knife-edge-1961-lh-482 Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482), San Francisco
  10. http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID:siris_ari_330352 Standing Figure, Knife-Edge
  11. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/united-states-of-america/pasadena/the-norton-simon-museum/standing-figure-knife-edge-1961-lh-482 Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482), Pasadena
  12. https://www.nortonsimon.org/art/detail/M.1970.5.15.S Standing Figure: Knife Edge, cast 4
  13. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/united-states-of-america/minneapolis/minneapolis-sculpture-garden/standing-figure-knife-edge-1961-lh-482 Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482), Minneapolis
  14. http://www.walkerart.org/collections/artworks/standing-figure-knife-edge Standing Figure: Knife Edge
  15. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/germany/essen/grugapark/standing-figure-knife-edge Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482), Grugapark
  16. Web site: Kunstwerke im Grugapark, Essen . 20 February 2017 . 14 April 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090414102020/http://www.grugapark.de/kunstwerke.html . dead .
  17. https://kreegermuseum.org/about-us/collection/outdoor-sculpture/Henry-Moore_Standing-Figure-Knife-Edge Outdoor Sculpture Collection, Henry Moore, Standing Figure: Knife-Edge
  18. http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/14833/large-standing-figure-knife-edge?ctx=df42ce57-2dc5-40a5-a9b6-9e9352fbd72d&idx=7 Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge, LH 482a cast 0
  19. http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/16743/large-standing-figure-knife-edge?ctx=df42ce57-2dc5-40a5-a9b6-9e9352fbd72d&idx=10 Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge, LH 482a cast 00
  20. https://www.royalparks.org.uk/press-and-media/press-releases/2011-press-releases/the-return-of-large-standing-figure-knife-edge-henry-moore-sculpture-installed-in-greenwich-park The return of Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge Henry Moore sculpture installed in Greenwich Park
  21. http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/15486/large-standing-figure-knife-edge?ctx=df42ce57-2dc5-40a5-a9b6-9e9352fbd72d&idx=9 Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge, LH 482a cast 1
  22. http://hok.no/en/event/skulpturpark Sculpture Park
  23. http://catalogue.henry-moore.org/objects/15484/large-standing-figure-knife-edge?ctx=df42ce57-2dc5-40a5-a9b6-9e9352fbd72d&idx=8 Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge, LH 482a cast 3
  24. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/japan/osaka/the-national-museum-of-art-osaka/large-standing-figure-knife-edge-1961-lh-482a Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482a), Osaka
  25. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/united-states-of-america/raleigh/north-carolina-museum-of-art/large-standing-figure-knife-edge-1961-lh-482a Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482a), Rayleigh
  26. http://www.henry-moore.foundation/works-in-public/world/united-states-of-america/little-rock/100-west-capitol-main/large-standing-figure-knife-edge-1961-lh-482a Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge 1961 (LH 482a), Little Rock
  27. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2131 Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge

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