Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity

ISBN 978-1-84976-391-2

Henry Moore View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso 1947

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  • Henry Moore 'View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso' 1947
  • View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso Tate Archive 1947
  • Henry Moore 'View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso' 1947

    Image 1 of 2Henry Moore View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso 1947, FrontTate Archive TGA 9113/4/6

  • View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso Tate Archive 1947

    Image 2 of 2 View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso Tate Archive 1947, BackTate Archive TGA 9113/4/6

This photograph shows Henry Moore’s sculpture Three Standing Figures 1947 in progress. On the reverse of the photograph Moore has drawn an illustration of how he envisages the sculptures will be grouped. The figures have been carved in Darley Dale stone and have been scaled up from a smaller version of the work made in plaster (see Three Standing Figures 1945, Tate L01768).
Moore sent the photograph to Lady Norton, founder of the London Gallery and keen collector of modern art. Lady Norton preferred to use her husband’s name, Peter, and her archive, held at the Tate is listed under this name.

Transcript

[Handwritten:]
Eventually the three figures will be grouped as below [arrow pointing to drawing of group of sculptures] – i.e. quite close to each other on a base common to them all.

How to cite

Henry Moore, View of Henry Moore's Three Standing Figures in progress, with sketch on the verso, 1947, in Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity, Tate Research Publication, 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/henry-moore/henry-moore-view-of-henry-moores-three-standing-figures-in-progress-with-sketch-on-the-r1145523, accessed 21 November 2024.