Reclining Mother And Child Henry Moore

The reclining figure and the mother and child.
Reclining mother and child henry moore. Object number lh 649. Edition summary bronze edition of 7 1 cast 1975 76 primary. Shell skirt the henry moore foundation. Gift of the artist 1977.
Henry spencer moore om ch fba 30 july 1898 31 august 1986 was an english artist. Henry moore foundation collection. 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. Reclining mother and child.
Reclining mother and child. Moore was born in yorkshire england in 1898. The reclining figure the relationship of mother and child and the landscape. 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.
2001 02 dallas san francisco washington henry moore. Gift of the artist 1977 on long loan to the dallas museum of art. The tate gallery 1982 84. The sculpture combines two of his dominant themes.
Saunders paper 21 1 2 29 3 5 in. Gift of the sydney and walda besthoff foundation 98 141. Ownership the new orleans museum of art. And for the tate gallery no further details published in.
Sculpting in the 20th century. Moore studied art at the royal college of art in london with. Ownership the henry moore foundation. P02671 reclining mother and child i 1979 p02671 p02673 three etchings each approx.
From puccio fine art henry moore reclining mother and child with grey background 1983 lithograph on t h. This work combines several themes that preoccupied henry moore. 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. 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. Reclining mother and child was made in 1975 76 when moore was in his late seventies. Dimensions 213 cm 83 7 8 in published dimension medium bronze. Reclining mother and child.
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. Illustrated catalogue of acquisitions london 1986.