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Reclining Figure 1938 (LH 192) is a small sculpture by Henry Moore of an sinuous abstracted human figure. An enlarged version was made in 1984 for the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Singapore. The resulting Large Reclining Figure (LH 192b) is some 9 metres (30 ft) long, making it the largest sculpture made by Moore.
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi- abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art.
A second artist’s copy was cast by the Morris Singer Foundry in 1992, which is held by the Henry Moore Foundation, bringing Family Group up to an edition of 4 + 2 (four casts plus two artist's copies). Three of the five (4 + 1) original 1950s castings remain with their original owners: Barclay School, the Tate, and MOMA.
Moore sold the wooden sculpture to fellow artist Gordon Onslow Ford for £300, and used the money to buy other half of his house, Hoglands, in Perry Green, Hertfordshire. The sculpture was acquired by the Detroit Institute of Arts in 1965.
An exhibition of ninety pictures by Moore, entitled 'Afloat and Ashore,' was held by the Fine Art Society in 1887. The total number of pictures exhibited by Moore was not far short of six hundred. Shortly before his death an exhibition was held at York of the works of the father, William Moore, and his five artist sons, Edwin, William (still ...
Manchester Art Gallery LH 4 Image online [15] Standing Woman [14] 1923 Walnut wood H 39 Manchester Art Gallery LH 5 Image online [16] Maternity [14] 1925 Hopton Wood stone H 22.9 Leeds Art Gallery LH 22 Image online [17] Mask [14] 1924 Green marble H 17.8 LH 21 Image online [18] Woman with Upraised Arms [19] 1925 Hopton Wood stone H 43.2 Henry ...