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© The Henry Moore Foundation. Presented by the Friends of the Tate Gallery with funds provided by Associated Rediffusion Ltd 1959.
This was the first work presented to the Collection by the newly formed Friends. Conceived around the time of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation, the piece focuses on the ancient conception of the monarch as a divine or divinely blessed. Henry Moore wrote “some parts of it are more realistic than others - the hands and feet particularly - to bring out the contrast between human grace and the concept of power in primitive kingship."
