In Tate Britain
Spotlights: Henry Moore and the Tate
Free entry- Artist
- Henry Moore OM, CH 1898–1986
- Medium
- Green Hornton stone
- Dimensions
- Object: 889 x 1327 x 737 mm, 520 kg
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1939
- Reference
- N05387
Display caption
This is one of the earliest works in which Moore shows the female figure undulating like the landscape. It was commissioned by the architect Serge Chermayeff to stand on the terrace of his home on the Downs. Visually, the figure would have acted as a bridge between the rolling hills and the ultra-modern house. Moore, like others, used many native British stones at this time. This Hornton stone came from a quarry near Banbury in Oxfordshire.
Gallery label, July 2007
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