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Henry Moore Archive - Images collection

Our collection includes Moore’s own prints and transparencies, as well as material from other photographers, digitised historic photographs, and contemporary photos of Moore’s work.

Most of these images are available to license for publication.

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Photographic material in Henry Moore Archive

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A black and white photo showing a platoon of WW1 soldiers

A black and white photo taken in 1928 showing sculpture Henry Moore as a young man. He is working, carving a sculpture using a hammer and chisel.

A black and white photo showing a man and a woman in an artist's studio. They are both seated close to the camera and can also be seen in reflection in a mirror.

A black and white photo of Henry Moore, a man with dark hair in his 40s, standing behind an abstract, carved, wooden sculpture of a female human form.

A black and white photo showing the unveiling of a stone sculpture of a family group. There is a small crowd of people watching and chairs have been set out.

A vintage colour photo showing sculptor Henry Moore working in his maquette studio. He is moulding a small sculpture in some kind of clay.

A black and white photo of sculptor Henry Moore. He is wearing a checked coat and hat and is leaning of the plinth of a large bronze sculpture.

Henry Moore, now in his eighties, is working on a plaster maquette. There are various bowls and tools spread out in front of him, and other working models of sculptures behind him.

A colour photo of a older man leaning on a five-bar gate. Behind him is a large sculpture made of bronze.

Large green-tinged bronze sculpture with a hole through the middle, placed on grass, with rolling hills and trees in the landscape beyond.

A contact sheet of black and white photo portraits all featuring an older man, the sculptor Henry Moore, in one of his studios

A contact sheet of black and white photo portraits, all of the image feature an older man seated in an artist's studio.

From his childhood in Castleford to coverage of international exhibitions, our image archive documents every stage of Moore’s career and life at Perry Green.

The majority of the images in our collection are available to license for publication.

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About the images collection

As early as the 1930s, Moore used photography to depict his work, often recording the progress of works from conception to completion and allowing him to experiment with scale.

This collection continues to grow, with photography of new exhibitions added to the archive on a regular basis.

Negatives, prints and transparencies

As well as being an accomplished photographer himself, Moore commissioned others to record every aspect of the production and display of his works.

Moore also received photographs from friends, associates and photographers who visited him at his studios in Perry Green. Among these were Cecil Beaton, Lord Snowdon, Bill Brandt, Irving Penn and Gjon Mili.

Moore’s fascination with landscapes, both as a backdrop and inspiration, led him to create and collect images of bones, stones, shells, trees, roots, sunsets, skies and archaeological and geological sites.

Photographers’ collections

In addition to Moore’s own prints and transparencies, we also hold material from photographers who worked closely with the artist for many years, both professional and amateur.

Our collection includes the archives of Errol Jackson, John Hedgecoe and Frank Farnham, as well as Gemma Levine, David Finn and Michel Muller.

Installation view of 'Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore' at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Digital images

In 1995 the first digital images – scans of the first volume of Henry Moore Complete Sculpture – were added to the collection and the process of digitising images of artwork and archive material began.

Through numerous digitisation projects, the archive has so far amassed over half a million digital assets, including scans of historical photographic material, documents, correspondence, news articles and catalogues.

We continue adding to this collection with new hi-res digital photography of artworks, exhibitions and events.

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We have a comprehensive record of the artist’s life and work comprising photographs, negatives, transparencies, glass negatives and digital images available for research or to purchase.

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Our expertise in the work of Henry Moore and archive of unpublished resources places us in a unique position to assess artworks through visual analysis and in-depth research.