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  • West Wind () Portland stone, 55 Broadway, London

  • Family Group () bronze, Barclay School, Stevenage

  • Reclining Figure () painted plaster, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

  • Three Piece Reclining Figure No. 1 () bronze, Yorkshire sculpture park

  • Locking Piece () bronze, on the bank of the River Thames, London

  • Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 () bronze, Kenwood House, London

  • Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 5 () bronze, Kenwood House, London

  • Three Way Piece No. 2 (The Archer) () Toronto City Hall Plaza

  • Three Way Piece No. 2 (The Archer) () Toronto City Hall Plaza

  • Hill Arches () bronze, National Gallery of Australia

  • Three Forms: Vertebrae (), at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

  • Large selection of sculptures, Art Gallery of Ontario

  • Kongreßhalle in Berlin with Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (?)

  • Kongreßhalle in Berlin with Large Divided Oval: Butterfly (?)

  • Kongresshalle in Berlin with La

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    Henry Moore

    Henry MooreOMCHFBA (30 July – 31 August ) was an English artist and sculptor, best known for his monumental bronzes, which combined abstract art and Surrealism, as Moore frequently declared himself. He is famous for his many large sculptures, located worldwide as public works of art.

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    • The Negroes.. unique claim for admiration is their power to produce struktur completely in the round.. .Negro sculpture is completely in the round, fully-conceived air-surrounded struktur.
      • Quote of Henri Moore in 'Unpublished notes', c. , HMF archive; as cited in Henry Moore writings and Conversations, ed. Alan Wilkinson, University of California Press, California , p. 96
    • I prefer Mexican to Mayan sculpture. Mexican stone sculptures have largeness of scale & a grim, sublime, austerity, a real stoniness. They were the
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      This article is about the sculptor. For the governor of New York, see Henry Moore (governor).
      Reclining Figure() is characteristic of Moore's sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. There are several bronze versions of this sculpture, but this one is made from painted plaster.

      Henry Spencer Moore (30 July – 31 August) was a Britishartist and sculptor. The son of a mining engineer, born in the Yorkshire town of Castleford, Moore became well known for his large-scale abstract cast bronze and carved marble sculptures. Substantially supported by the British art establishment, Moore helped to introduce a particular form of modernism into Britain.

      His ability to satisfy large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy towards the end of his life. However, he lived frugally and most of his wealth went to endow the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support