Art - General & Miscellaneous, British Art, General & Miscellaneous Sculpture, Sculptors - Biography, Peoples & Nationalities in Art
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Overview
This beautiful small-format book presents a range of key works by the major English sculptor, Henry Moore (1898-1986), and examines his early relationship with the Arts Council Collection (ACC) as advisor to its acquisitions committee in the early 1950s. Henry Moore was a major force in shaping the sculpture collection of the ACC, advocating the acquisition of a significant group of postwar British sculpture by such artists as Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick and Barbara Hepworth. Moore himself is strongly represented in the Collection (art historian Kenneth Clark, a critical figure in the history of the ACC, encouraged Moore to donate his early works), and 26 works--including sculptures, prints and drawings--are reproduced here in color, accompanied by critical commentary by Benedict Read. This is a succinct history of Henry Moore's practice between 1929 and 1962.Book Details
Published
September 1, 1977
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Pages
230
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780810903289