Upright Motive No. 9
Artist
Henry Spencer Moore
(English, 1898 - 1986)
Date1979
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 144 × 41 1/2 × 41 1/2 inches (365.76 × 105.41 × 105.41 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object numberF99-33/15
Signedno visible signature
Markingsleft rear side of base: "Morris Singer Founders London"
Edition/State/Proofed. of 6
On View
On viewGallery Location
- Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park
Collections
Gallery LabelUpright Motive No. 9 represents an abstract human form emerging from a kind of pedestal. Henry Moore acknowledged that he was inspired by the verticality of trees and Northwest Coast American Indian totem poles. On the Oak Street side of the Donald J. Hall Sculpture Park, Charles Heit and Kenny Mowatt's Totem Pole is an example of this form. Merging traditions, Moore's columnar form also refers to herms, the sculptued stone figures in European formal gardens of the 1600-1800s.
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