Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Animal Form

細節

Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Animal Form
travertine marble
Height: 28 in. (71.1 cm.)
Legnth: 47¾ in. (121.3 cm.)
Depth: 16 in. (40.6 cm.)
Executed in 1969

來源

Mr. and Mrs. Ylvisaker, Chicago (acquired directly from the artist, 1969).
Gould Center Art Collection, Rolling Meadows, Illinois.
Anon. sale, Christie's, New York, 10 November 1987, lot 63.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

出版

A. Bowness, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1964-1973, London, 1977, vol. 4, pl. 58, no. 616 (illustrated, pl. 59).
F. Russoli, Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, p. 226, no. 692 (illustrated in color).
W.J. Strachan, Henry Moore Animals, London, 1983, pl. XV (illustrated in color).

展覽

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Moore, 60 Years of his Art, May-September 1983, p. 125 (illustrated, p. 105).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Henry Moore, September-December 1988, pp. 264-265, no. 187 (illustrated in color, p. 116).

拍品專文

As W.J. Strachan has observed, "The two most successful animal forms expressed in bronze and carving are the Animal Form of 1969 [the present work] and Animal Carving of 1974. The Working Model for Animal Form is cast in bronze, and a carving nearly twice its length (1.2 metres) followed, in travertine marble. This is also the material of the final Large Animal Form, impressive on its outdoor site in the grounds of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. The square and rectilinear elements of the final sculpture lend a feeling of thrust to the whole figure which comes to such an effective climax in the reptilian head. It is one of Moore's masterpieces" (W. Strachan, op. cit., p. 102).