Tag: Moore

Two Mothers Holding Children (1941)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Two Mothers Holding Children 1941 Pen, ink, wax crayon and watercolor on paper, 38 x 56.4 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved Two Mothers Holding Children, another of the drawings from the series…

Three Seated Figures (1941)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Three Seated Figures 1941 Indian ink with charcoal, wax crayon on papel mounted on board, 48 x 37 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid ©The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved Drawing became an ideal medium for the British sculptor…

Helmet Head (1952)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Helmet Head 1952 Bronze, 16.5 x 10.2 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland British sculptor Henry Moore is known for his abstract bronze sculptures that evoke the human form. This small bronze sculpture is one of many “helmet…

Girl (1931)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Girl 1931 Ancaster stone, 86.5 x 60 x 43.3 cm (including base and wooden board) Tate Britain, London From the mid-1920s Moore had advocated the abolition of the ‘Greek ideal’ in sculpture in favour of non-European sources, which…

Maquette for Oval with Points (1968)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Maquette for Oval with Points 1968 Bronze, 13.5 × 11.5 × 5.4 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Moore, a British sculptor known for abstract, biomorphic public artworks that recall natural forms, was commissioned by Princeton to make the…

Oval with Points (1969-1970)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Oval with Points 1969–1970 Bronze, c.335 x 265.4 x 133.3 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton One of the most photographed sculptures on campus, Oval with Points has an amorphous shape that counters the formalism of Princeton’s architecture. Henry…

Ideas for Sculpture: Heads (1959)

Moore, Henry (1898-1986) Ideas for Sculpture: Heads 1959 Graphite, black and red chalk, grey wash and black gouache, 29 x 23.9 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton © The Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York