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Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73
outside the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco
Artist Henry Moore
CatalogueLH 629 [1]
MediumBronze
SubjectA reclining human figure
Dimensions4 m (13 ft)
Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 at Harvard University

Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 (LH 629) is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore. Approximately 4 metres (13 ft) long, the sculpture was made an edition of seven full size casts (plus an artist's copy), all cast by the Hermann Noack foundry in Berlin.

Description

Relatively unusually for Moore's work, the cast is polished rather than patinated. The highly abstract – almost surreal – sculpture comprises four pieces, with the composition reminiscent of a reclining human figure.

Casts

One cast is located outside the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall at the intersection of Van Ness and Grove Streets in San Francisco's Civic Center, in the U.S. state of California. [2] [3] The work's estimated cost is between $60,000 and $85,000. [2] The work was displayed in London's Gagosian Gallery in 2012. [4]

Other casts are located at the Lamont Library, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, [5] and at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art in Kofu, Japan. [6] The artist's copy (cast 0) is at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire. [7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Large Four Piece Reclining Figure". henry-moore.org. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Henry Moore Large Four Piece Reclining Figure, 1973". San Francisco Arts Commission. 3 May 2010. Archived from the original on 21 December 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Henry Moore Works in Public: Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 (LH 629)". Henry Moore Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  4. ^ Phillips, Sam (8 June 2012). "Henry Moore: Large Late Forms". Royal Academy. Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  5. ^ Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972-73 (LH 629), Henry Moore Foundation.
  6. ^ Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972-73 (LH 629), Henry Moore Foundation.
  7. ^ Henry Moore Artworks, Online catalogue, Henry Moore Foundation.
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