Henry Moore
Visit two rooms dedicated to the work of sculptor Henry Moore
Photo © Rikard Österlund
This display shows over 30 works across two rooms including film, photographs, maquettes, and drawings shown alongside large-scale sculptures such as Recumbent Figure 1938, the first of Moore’s artworks to enter Tate’s collection in 1939.
After emerging in the 1920s as a leading avant-garde figure, Henry Moore’s international status was secured in 1948 when he won first prize at the first Venice Biennale since the war.
His work was consistently associated with landscape and nature. The forms seen in his sculptures often derive their shapes from natural objects such as stones, bones and sticks that he found in the countryside, and he saw landscape as the best setting for his sculptures.
This display has been devised by curator Jenny Powell with Alice Correia.
2 rooms in Henry Moore
Henry Moore at Tate
Henry Moore at Tate
Uncover the history of Henry Moore’s relationship with Tate and how the collection of his work was formed
Go to room
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Henry Moore’s Public Commissions
Henry Moore’s Public Commissions
Gain insight into the process behind Henry Moore’s large public commissions
Go to room
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Highlights
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Highlights in Henry Moore
Henry Moore OM, CH
Reclining Figure
1951
Catalogue entry, 2015
Henry Moore OM, CH
Recumbent Figure
1938
Catalogue entry, 2014
Henry Moore OM, CH
Moon Head
1964, cast c.1964–6
Catalogue entry, 2015
Henry Moore OM, CH
Family Group
1944
Catalogue entry, 2015