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Authors: Henry Moore, Alan G. Wilkinson (Editor), Alan Bowness
ISBN-13: 9780520231610, ISBN-10: 0520231619
Format: Paperback
Publisher: University of California Press
Date Published: April 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Henry Moore

Born in Toronto, Alan Wilkinson studied at the Courtauld
Institute of Art, and wrote his Ph.D thesis on the drawings of Henry Moore. Dr. Wilkinson's publications include The Drawings of Henry Moore (1977), Gauguin to Moore: Primitivism in Modern Sculpture (1981), Henry Moore Remembered (1987), Barbara Hepworth: A Retrospective (coauthor) (1994), and the two-volume catalogue raisonné The Sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz (1996 and 2000).

Book Synopsis

"For both admirers and students of Henry Moore's work, this book will be a blessing. Moore's humanity and intelligence make this compendium a plea-sure to dip into as well as scholarly and comprehensive."—Roger Berthoud, author of The Life of Henry Moore

"Alan Wilkinson has trawled the rich material with exemplary thoroughness. . .. The nature and purpose of Moore's writing is illuminated. The introduction reflects Wilkinson's long friendship with Moore, and the commentary and notes testify to a remarkable knowledge of the artist's work, his circle and his ideas."—Sir Alan Bowness, editor of the Henry Moore Complete Sculpture Series

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements7
Foreword8
Introduction: 'Perfect Symmetry Is Death'10
Ch. 1Life and Influences31
Yorkshire 1898-192131
London and Kent 1921-4044
Hertfordshire 1940-8661
Ch. 2Friends and Colleagues81
Ch. 3Art and Artists97
Ancient, Medieval and Primitive Art97
General Statements on Art111
Art and Society124
On Critics and Art Criticism141
Artists142
Ch. 4On Sculpture187
Articles and Interviews 1930-37187
The Nature of Sculpture198
Subjects and Sources of Inspiration212
Materials222
Working Methods230
Sculpture and Architecture242
Sculpture in Landscape245
Ch. 5Works251
Bibliographical Sources311
Index of Works312
General Index314
Picture credits320

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