In Tate Britain
- Artist
- Henry Moore OM, CH 1898–1986
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Object: 1250 × 2900 × 1375 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1960
- Reference
- T00395
Display caption
The holes and gouged surfaces of this sculpture are reminiscent of eroded cliffs. According to Moore this fusion of human and landscape forms served as ‘a metaphor of the relationship of humanity with the earth’. The character of that relationship, however, remains open to interpretation. It could suggest a harmonious union of mankind with nature or equally a crisis-ridden sense of isolation and fragmentation.
Gallery label, September 2004
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Catalogue entry
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1939, cast 1959 -
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1957, cast c.1959–61 -
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1951 -
Henry Moore OM, CH Two Piece Reclining Figure No.3
1961, cast date unknown -
Henry Moore OM, CH Three Piece Reclining Figure No.1
1961–2, cast date unknown -
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1963, cast date unknown -
Henry Moore OM, CH Two Piece Reclining Figure No.5
1963–4, cast date unknown -
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1963–5, cast date unknown -
Henry Moore OM, CH Two Piece Reclining Figure No.9
1968, cast c.1968–70 -
Henry Moore OM, CH Reclining Figure: Bunched
1961, cast 1961–2
