Moore s works are usually suggestive of the female body apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups.
Henry moore reclining mother and child.
Gift of the sydney and walda besthoff foundation 98 141.
Gift of the t.
Henry spencer moore om ch fba 30 july 1898 31 august 1986 was an english artist.
Reclining mother and child.
Sculpture and drawings 1921 1948.
Moore studied art at the royal college of art in london with.
This work combines several themes that preoccupied henry moore.
Ownership the new orleans museum of art.
Lh 70 cast 6.
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.
The reclining figure and the mother and child.
Studies of mother and child ideas for.
Date 1960 61 cast 1961.
Ownership collection walker art center minneapolis.
Reclining mother and child was made in 1975 76 when moore was in his late seventies.
Moore was born in yorkshire england in 1898.
The sculpture garden boasts a collection of works by british artists including henry moore s reclining mother and child.
Dimensions 213 cm 83 7 8 in published dimension medium bronze.
Related work related work view all.
Object number lh 480 cast 3.
P02671 reclining mother and child i 1979 p02671 p02673 three etchings each approx.
Reclining mother and child.
And for the tate gallery no further details published in.
The sculpture combines two of his dominant themes.
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.
His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure typically depicting mother and child or reclining figures.
The tate gallery 1982 84.
Henry moore volume one.
132 1 228 6 35 5 cm.
Edition summary bronze edition of 7 1 cast 1975 76 primary.
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.
Walker foundation 1963.
Henry spencer moore 30 july 1898 31 august 1986 was an english artist.
The reclining figure the relationship of mother and child and the landscape.
Reclining mother and child and two mother and child studies.
His forms are generally.
4th edition edited by david sylvester with an introduction by herbert read.