Henry Moore: New Critical Essays, 2003
Book
Edited by Jane Beckett and Fiona Russell
Hardback
June 2003

For more that half a century, Henry Moore has enjoyed a privileged place as a pioneer of modern British sculpture. His work is familiar in public spaces worldwide. Celebrated for reconfiguring sculptural form, and hailed as a potent avant-garde artist, Moore had now become a quintessentially establishment figure. A vast literature presents a story of unfolding development from early innovation to international reputations.

This collection of essays is the first to reconnect Moore both to his times and to the preoccupations of modern art-historical scholarship. Examining broad themes in Moore's work from the 1930s to the 1980s, the essays reposition canonical pieced, offering reading of the diverse historical, economical and cultural conditions in which Moore's sculpture was produced and understood. The stature of the artist is enhanced by new realizations which recapture a sense of the originality, value and complexity of his sculpture, drawings and projects.

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256 pages
83 black and white illustrations
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£52.50