Stringed Figure: Bowl

"Undoubtedly the source of my stringed figures was the Science Museum.....I was fascinated by the mathematical models I saw there, which had been made to illustrate the difference of the form that is halfway between a square and a circle. One model had a square at one end with twenty holes along each side, making eighty holes in all. Through these holes strings were threaded and led to a circle with the same number of holes at the other end. A plane interposed through the middle shows the form that is halfway between a square and a circle. One end could also be twisted to produce forms that would be terribly difficult to draw on a flat surface. It wasn't the scientific study of these models but the ability to look through the strings as with a bird cage and to see one form within another which excited me." (op.cit. p.81)
Stringed Figure: Bowl will be included under no.186c in the forthcoming reprinted edition of vol I. of the catalogue raisonné being produced by the Henry Moore Foundation.