Henry Moore British, 1898-1986
Maquette for Two Piece Reclining Figure: Cut, 1978
bronze, with patination
length, 21.5 cm (8 1/2 in)
signed and numbered on the base, edition of 9
Moore’s two-piece maquette reflects a theme that he revisited throughout his career: the synchronicity between the landscape and the human body. ‘I realised what an advantage a separated two-piece composition...
Moore’s two-piece maquette reflects a theme that he revisited throughout his career: the synchronicity between the landscape and the human body. ‘I realised what an advantage a separated two-piece composition could have in relating figures to landscape. Knees and breasts are mountains.’ (P. James, 1966) Moore’s sculpture expounds this natural fluency through negative space. The void in the centre of the maquette creates a schism within the body, seeing not as a singular human entity but a pair of organic masses morphing together and apart as the viewer moves around the sculpture.
From an edition of 9, plus 1, cast by The Morris Singer Foundry from the plaster original.
From an edition of 9, plus 1, cast by The Morris Singer Foundry from the plaster original.
Provenance
acquired from the Marlborough Galleries, London, in 1984.Exhibitions
2012-13 London & New York, Gagosian Gallery, Henry Moore: Late Large Forms (1st plaster)2011 Perry Green, Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore: Plasters (1st plaster)
2010-11 Paris, Musée Rodin, Henry Moore: L’atelier (original plaster)
2012-13 London & New York, Gagosian Gallery, Henry Moore: Late Large Forms (original plaster)
2018 France, Fonds Hélène & Edouard Leclerc pour la culture, Henry Moore (original plaster)
2005 Schwäbisch Hall, Kunsthalle Würth, Henry Moore: Epoch and Echo (original plaster)
Publications
LH 755
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