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Upright motif No.8

MOORE, Henry

© Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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By 1950 Henry Moore was generally recognised as the leading 'avant garde' artist in Britain. In 1955-56 he worked upon a series of upright bronze sculptures reminiscent of totem poles and the statues of Brancusi. Three of these 'Upright Motifs' were sometimes displayed together to evoke a Crucifixion group. Here, the rounded humanoid forms set against vertical fluting suggest a figure bound to a classical column, such as St. Sebastian or Christ at the Flagellation.


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Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 2415

Creation/Production

MOORE, Henry
Date: 1956

Acquisition

Purchase, 1962

Measurements

Height (cm): 227
Height (in): 89
Height (cm): 28.6
Height (in): 11
Width (cm): 61.1
Depth (cm): 53.6
Width (in): 24
Depth (in): 21
Width (cm): 43.1
Depth (cm): 39.3
Width (in): 17
Depth (in): 15

Material

bronze

Location

Gallery 13

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Tags

  • Abstract
  • Art And Design Movements
  • Fine Art
  • Moore, Henry
  • Post 1900
  • Sculpture

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