Three-Part Object
Artist
Henry Spencer Moore
(English, 1898 - 1986)
Fabricator
Guss H. Noack
Date1960
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 51 1/2 × 25 × 24 inches (130.81 × 63.5 × 60.96 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object numberF99-33/35
Signedlower left rear: "Moore 2/9"
Markings"Guss H. Noack Berlin"
Edition/State/Proofed. 2/9
On View
Not on viewCollections
Gallery LabelHenry Moore observed that "Three-Part Object is a strange work, even for me. Three similar forms are balanced at angles to each other. In my mind it has a connection with insect life, possibly centipedes. Each segment has a leg, and there is an element in the sculpture nearer to an animal organism than a human one."
George Ablah (1929-2014), Wichita, KS, by 1986 [1];
Purchased from Ablah by the Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 1986-1999 [2];
The Hall Family Foundation’s gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1999.
NOTES:
[1] George Ablah was a real estate developer, philanthropist and art collector.
[2] This object was on loan from the Hall Family Foundation to the Nelson-Atkins from 1986.
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