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Untitled

Henry Moore British
1937
Not on view
Moore explained that from the 1920s to 1930s he made his sculptures from single pieces of wood or stone: "I am by nature a stone-carving sculptor, not a modeling sculptor. I like chopping and cutting things, rather than building up. I like the resistance of hard material." The compact, blocklike forms of this sculpture are highly abstract, yet its biomorphic shapes and configurations also suggest human anatomy. For example, the mound in the upper center of the sculpture, incised with a small circle, resembles both a breast and a navel.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Untitled
  • Artist: Henry Moore (British, Castleford 1898–1986 Much Hadham)
  • Date: 1937
  • Medium: Hopton-wood stone
  • Dimensions: 19 × 18 1/2 × 14 in., 194 lb. (48.3 × 47 × 35.6 cm, 88 kg)
  • Classification: Sculpture
  • Credit Line: Bequest of Lydia Winston Malbin, 1989
  • Object Number: 1990.38.41
  • Rights and Reproduction: © 2025 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
  • Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art

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