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Standing Figure – Knife Edge

21.11.2023

This sculpture is one of Henry Moore’s early works, in which he explored the abstraction of the human figure using organic forms like bones or rocks. Moore first conceived the work in 1961 and based it on the fragment of a bird’s breastbone to which were added a plasticine base and head. A rounded protrusion…

Three Way Piece No. 2: The Archer

15.01.2021

Known briefly as “The Archer,” this sculpture is one of British sculptor Henry Moore’s most important works. It exists in two monumental bronze casts and was created for the forecourt of the City Hall of Toronto/Canada, where it corresponds with the latter’s flowing lines and was installed in 1966. The second copy was installed on…

Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points

06.06.2017

This massive two-part sculpture in the Düsseldorf Hofgarten is one of Henry Moore’s most famous works. Of the seven copies and one artist’s copy that were produced, two can be found in Germany: one in Düsseldorf and one in Munich. This is a typical example of the artist’s “fitting-together” sculptures, which he has been developing…

Draped Seated Woman

06.06.2017

Already an internationally renowned sculptor, Henry Moore was asked to design a work for the Südgarten. After a viewing the site, he suggested a figure that he had already designed, but not yet realized. Inspired by classical art and a 1951 visit to Greece, Moore created the formidable draped female figure. The motif of the…

Large Oval with Points

06.06.2017

Henry Moore has always been inspired by natural forms. While many of his works are clearly based on parts of the human body, that is not the case with Oval with Points. Standing upright, the large irregular oval ring has two points sticking out in the middle that extend towards each other and almost touch.…

Two Pieces. Reclining Figure No. 5

06.06.2017

This sculpture from Henry Moore’s series Two Pieces. Reclining Figure is positioned in front of the main entrance to the Ruhrfestpielhaus. As the artist intended, it functions in this location as a mediator between outside and inside, between nature and architecture. It’s worth comparing this sculpture, Figure No. 5 of the series, with the first…

Large Vertebrae

06.06.2017

While visiting Münster, Henry Moore selected a location for a sculpture that the LBS had already been interested in acquiring years earlier. The work’s specific position — surrounded by nature on the grass along the Aasee — as well as the lighting conditions, time of year, and landscape are directly related to its appearance. Moore’s…

Two Pieces. Reclining Figure No. 1

06.06.2017

The ambivalence between the figurative and the abstract is already clear in the title of Henry Moore’s sculpture Two Pieces. Reclining Figure. This work made up of two organically curved, but somewhat abstract elements. Positioned side by side, they make reference to each other visually with their swelling and contracting forms. If they were to…