The work was a precursor to later draped figures. According to the artist's foundation, it "successfully added the contours of natural forms as well as a distinct hint of classicism to the repose of his figures, yet preserved that sense of immutability conveyed by the Mexican Chacmool figures that had so profoundly influenced the younger artist."[8]
draped, reclining, figure, 1952, bronze, sculpture, henry, moore, catalogued, artisthenry, mooreyear1952, 1953cataloguelh, 336typebronzedimensions, contents, casts, origin, also, referencescasts, editthe, sculpture, cast, edition, four, being, retained, artist. Draped Reclining Figure 1952 53 is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore 1 2 catalogued as LH 336 3 Draped Reclining Figure 1952 53ArtistHenry MooreYear1952 1953CatalogueLH 336TypeBronzeDimensions 40 7 8 in 66 5 8 in 34 1 8 in Contents 1 Casts 2 Origin 3 See also 4 ReferencesCasts editThe sculpture was cast in an edition of four or 3 1 one being retained by the artist The artist s copy was given to the Henry Moore Foundation and is on display in their sculpture garden around his old house at Perry Green Hertfordshire 4 Other copies in the edition are in the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington D C 5 6 and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne Germany 7 Origin editThe work was a precursor to later draped figures According to the artist s foundation it successfully added the contours of natural forms as well as a distinct hint of classicism to the repose of his figures yet preserved that sense of immutability conveyed by the Mexican Chacmool figures that had so profoundly influenced the younger artist 8 See also editList of sculptures by Henry Moore List of public art in Washington D C Ward 2References edit Draped Reclining Figure sculpture SIRIS Draped Reclining Figure 1952 53 LH 336 Henry Moore Works in Public Draped Reclining Figure henry moore org Archived from the original on 16 December 2022 Henry Moore Foundation LH 336 Smithsonian Archived May 31 2010 at the Wayback Machine Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Artists Collected in Depth Archived from the original on 29 June 2011 Retrieved 12 April 2011 Henry Moore Foundation LH 336 search Archived from the original on 4 March 2016 Retrieved 22 June 2012 Henry Moore Foundation LH 705 nbsp This article about a sculpture in the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a sculpture in Germany is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a sculpture in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Draped Reclining Figure 1952 53 amp oldid 1181412094, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
