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Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points
Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points
Düsseldorf Hofgarten, Germany
ArtistHenry Moore
Year1969–70
CatalogueLH 606[1]
TypeBronze
Dimensions365 cm (144 in)

Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, catalogued as LH 606, and created in 1969–70.[2]

Editions

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It was a bronze edition of 7; the artist's copy ("0/7") is in Kew Gardens in London, loaned by the Henry Moore Foundation[3] another in the Hofgarten, Düsseldorf (illustrated),[4] and one at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D.C.[5][6] The plaster model is at the Art Gallery of Ontario.[7] In 2008, an example traveled to the New York Botanical Garden,[8][9] and the Denver Botanic Gardens.[10][11]

History

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Among Moore's post war abstract bronzes, it is a part of the Two Piece Reclining Figure series.[12] It can be read as one figure or two.[13]

I did the first one in two pieces almost without intending to. But after I had done it, then the second one became a conscious idea. I realised what an advantage a separated two- piece composition could have in relating figures to landscape. Knees and breasts are mountains. Once these two parts become separated you don't expect it to be a naturalistic figure; therefore you can justifiably make it look like a landscape or a rock. If it's a single figure, you can guess what it's going to be like. If it's in two pieces there's a bigger surprise, you have more unexpected views; therefore the special advantage over painting—of having the possibility of many different views—is more fully explored. The front view doesn't enable you to foresee the back view. As you move round it, the two parts overlap or they open up and there's space in between.[14]

Reviews

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Gift of Joseph Hirshhorn, 1974

A work like Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points, from 1969, has the feel that Moore aimed at — but didn't always achieve — of form as primal matter.[15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points". henry-moore.org. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Henry Moore – Works in Public – Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points 1969–70 (LH 606)". henry-moore.org.
  3. ^ "What's On". kew.org. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.
  4. ^ "Henry Moore – Works in Public – Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points 1969–70 (LH 606)". henry-moore.org.
  5. ^ "Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden - Artists Collected in Depth". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points". Hirsshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. Archived from the original on 16 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Henry Moore Sculpture Centre – AGO Art Gallery of Ontario". ago.net.
  8. ^ artguru. "Henry Moore in New York". artadox.com.
  9. ^ "Moore to love". Time Out New York. 30 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Art Tour: Henry Moore at Denver Botanical Gardens". elysianstudiosart.com. 9 January 2011.
  11. ^ Cheryl McWilliams (27 August 2010). "EWESPECIAL". ewespecial.blogspot.com.
  12. ^ "Sculpture is like a journey". Detroit Metro Times.
  13. ^ A Garden for Art, Valerie J. Fletcher, LOC # 97-61991, p.72
  14. ^ "Henry Moore (1898-1986) | Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points | Christie's". Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  15. ^ "Making the Most of Henry Moore". Time. 2 January 2008. Archived from the original on 10 January 2008.
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