Large Interior Form
Artist
Henry Spencer Moore
(English, 1898 - 1986)
Date1953-1954; cast 1981
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 195 × 56 1/4 × 56 1/4 inches (495.3 × 142.88 × 142.88 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object numberF99-33/13
Signedtop of base: "Moore 1/6"
Markingsside of round base: "Morris Singer Founders London"
Edition/State/Proofed. 1/6
On View
On viewGallery Location
- Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park
Collections
Gallery LabelThis sculpture reveals Henry Moore's interest in the abstracted human figure. His stated aim was to create forms that appeared to have grown inevitably and "organically, created by pressure from within." The solids and voids in the sculpture contribute equally to its power. Moore said that a hole was like a "revelation" because it "connects one side to the other, making it immediately more three-dimensional."
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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