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Six Mother and Child Studies, 1976
Print : etching · 64.5 x 46 x 0.1 cm 25.4 x 18.1 x 0 inch
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Print : numbered and limited to 90 copies
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Artwork sold in perfect condition, not framed
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64.5 x 46 x 0.1 cm 25.4 x 18.1 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth
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Six mother and child studies is an original contemporary artwork realized by the British artist Henry Moore (Castleford, 1898 - Much Hadham, 1986) in 1976 Original Aquatint and Etching. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil: Moore . Numbered on the lower left corner in pencil: 17/90
Printed and published by Il Bisonte, Florence
Reference: G.Cramer, Henry Moore, The Graphic Work , ed. Cramer 1986 repr. N ° 426
Henry Moore (1898-1986) focused on the hole, or void, as an important element in sculptural design. His well-known reclining female nudes combine the organic jargon central to Moore’s philosophy: bone shapes, eroded rocks, and geologic formations to communicate the human form’s fluidity, dynamism, and evocative nature. The reclining figures were originally inspired by a photograph Moore acquired of a Chac Mool from pre-Colombian Mexico. They are distinctive of Moore’s work in exploiting the natural beauty of different materials: he asserted that every material has its own individual qualities and these qualities could play a role in the creative process. The abstracted shapes suggest Surrealist biomorphic forms, but Moore’s leaning women are also powerful earth mothers whose sinuous forms and hollows suggest nurturing human energy. Furthermore, the female body shapes evoke the contours of the Yorkshire hills of Moore’s childhood and the wind-polished surfaces of weathered wood and stone. Moore enhanced the references to landscape and to Surrealist organic forms by alternating mass and void, based on the enthralling qualities of cavities in nature. The hole was not an abstract shape. It represented the mysterious fascination of caves in hillsides and cliffs. Henry Moore’s sculptures, although abstracted, always remain recognizable. Moore alleged that the simple and massive shapes of his statues expressed a universal truth beyond the physical world. As he said, “My sculpture is becoming less representational, less an outward visual copy […]but only because I believe that in this way I can present the human psychological content of my work with greatest directness and intensity.”
Printed and published by Il Bisonte, Florence
Reference: G.Cramer, Henry Moore, The Graphic Work , ed. Cramer 1986 repr. N ° 426
Henry Moore (1898-1986) focused on the hole, or void, as an important element in sculptural design. His well-known reclining female nudes combine the organic jargon central to Moore’s philosophy: bone shapes, eroded rocks, and geologic formations to communicate the human form’s fluidity, dynamism, and evocative nature. The reclining figures were originally inspired by a photograph Moore acquired of a Chac Mool from pre-Colombian Mexico. They are distinctive of Moore’s work in exploiting the natural beauty of different materials: he asserted that every material has its own individual qualities and these qualities could play a role in the creative process. The abstracted shapes suggest Surrealist biomorphic forms, but Moore’s leaning women are also powerful earth mothers whose sinuous forms and hollows suggest nurturing human energy. Furthermore, the female body shapes evoke the contours of the Yorkshire hills of Moore’s childhood and the wind-polished surfaces of weathered wood and stone. Moore enhanced the references to landscape and to Surrealist organic forms by alternating mass and void, based on the enthralling qualities of cavities in nature. The hole was not an abstract shape. It represented the mysterious fascination of caves in hillsides and cliffs. Henry Moore’s sculptures, although abstracted, always remain recognizable. Moore alleged that the simple and massive shapes of his statues expressed a universal truth beyond the physical world. As he said, “My sculpture is becoming less representational, less an outward visual copy […]but only because I believe that in this way I can present the human psychological content of my work with greatest directness and intensity.”
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Henry Moore was an English artist , born in 1898 and died in 1986.
Born into a working-class family, Henry Moore was one of the first sculptors to bring a distinctive form of artistic modernism to British society in the early 20th century, drawing inspiration from primitive art.
Henry Moore achieved great success from the 1930s onward; he taught at several universities, and his creations quickly reached the top of the art market. By the late 1940s, he was considered the voice of British sculpture , having achieved worldwide renown. However, as his recognition and popularity grew, particularly through commissions, he preferred to live simply after the end of World War II and devoted most of his income to the Henry Moore Association to support education, promotion, and the dissemination of art.
Henry Moore's sculptures were primarily inspired by the female body, and he gradually moved toward more abstract and elongated forms. His signature motif was an elongated figure, and he worked primarily in monumental bronze. He created numerous works documenting the Blitz during World War II in London, which are housed in the British Museum.
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