Catalogue entry
Henry Moore 1898-1986
T03763 Three Motives against Wall No.11958
Bronze 505 x 1080 x 440 (19 7/8 x 42 1/2 x 17 7/8)
Not inscribed
Purchased from the artist by the Victoria and Albert Museum 1960 (Circ.234-1961); transferred to the Tate Gallery 1983
Repr: Henry Moore: Volume 3: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, 1965, pls 68, 69; A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Volume 3: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, second revised edition, 1986, pl.75 LH441
T03763 is LH441 in the Lund Humphries catalogue raisonné listing of Moore's complete sculpture. It is complemented by LH442,’Three Motives against Wall No.2', executed in 1959, a cast of which is in the collection of the Tate Gallery (T02281">T02281). Volume 3 of Moore's complete sculpture has an introduction by Herbert Read, which devotes much of its text to a consideration of Moore's commission in 1956 from UNESCO to execute a large sculpture to be placed in front of the main facade of the UNESCO headquarters in Paris. Having received the commission in 1956, Moore worked on it throughout 1957 and the final figure, a reclining female, was unveiled at UNESCO in Paris in October 1958… (read more)
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