Large Totem Head
Artist
Henry Spencer Moore
(English, 1898 - 1986)
Date1968; cast 1981
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 96 × 47 3/8 × 47 3/8 inches (243.84 × 120.33 × 120.33 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object numberF99-33/11
Signedright near top of base: "Moore 8/8"
Markingsstamp, right rear side of base: H.Noack Berlin"
Edition/State/Proof8/8
On View
On viewGallery Location
- Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park
Collections
Gallery LabelLarge Totem Head is a bulbous, concave form divided into two halves by a vertical plane. Frontal and iconic, it expresses a kind of elegant grandeur. Large Totem Head evokes Moore's interest in the art of ancient and non-European cultures. The sculpture shares with Egyptian and African art its emphasis on stasis, reductive form and symmetry.
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