Henry Moore: Ideas for Sculpture

Celebrated as the most important British sculptor of the 20th Century, Henry Moore’s radical addressing of the human form and uncompromising vision make him an abiding influence for contemporary artists. Accompanying a 2008 exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Old Bond Street, Ideas for Sculpture presents rare and unseen works from the Henry Moore Family Collection, offering a highly personalised view of Moore’s private world. Sculptures include one of his earliest carvings, significant reclining figures, and seminal works, while drawings span life studies from the 1920s, an intimate depiction of Moore’s own wife and child, and an 18-part literary commission. Edited by the exhibition’s curator Gregor Muir, this publication features texts by the artist’s daughter Mary Moore, art critic Matthew Collings, and art historian Anne M. Wagner that explore and elucidate the ceaseless experimentation and invention that shaped Moore’s practice and the tender, often candid attention with which he examined human life.