Henry Moore and the Arts Council Collection

Read, Benedict

ISBN 10: 1853323020 / ISBN 13: 9781853323027

Published by Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2013

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Henry Moore and the Arts Council Collection
• Publisher: Hayward Gallery Publishing
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853323020
• ISBN 13: 9781853323027
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

This beautiful small-format book presents a range of key works by the major English sculptor, Henry Moore (1898–1986), and examines his early relationship with the Arts Council Collection (ACC) as advisor to its acquisitions committee in the early 1950s. Henry Moore was a major force in shaping the sculpture collection of the ACC, advocating the acquisition of a significant group of postwar British sculpture by such artists as Kenneth Armitage, Lynn Chadwick and Barbara Hepworth. Moore himself is strongly represented in the Collection (art historian Kenneth Clark, a critical figure in the history of the ACC, encouraged Moore to donate his early works), and 26 works--including sculptures, prints and drawings--are reproduced here in color, accompanied by critical commentary by Benedict Read. This is a succinct history of Henry Moore’s practice between 1929 and 1962.

About the Author

Caroline Douglas is Head of the Arts Council Collection Benedict Read's principal publications include 'Victorian Sculpture' (1982), 'Sculpture in Britain Between the Wars' (1986) and contributions to 'Pre-Raphaelite Sculpture' (1991), which he coedited. His research interests cover many aspects of painting, sculpture and architecture in Europe between 1984 and the present day. In 2008 he was made Senior Fellow in Fine Art at the University of Leeds.