Dear Henry Moore: Connections and Correspondence

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A black and white photo showing an elderly Henry Moore working on a drawing in one of his studios in 1982. Moore is wearing a jacket, striped shirt and tie with a fat knot. Behind him a small bronze sculpture of a mother and child is visible.

This exhibition looks at Moore’s associations with a younger generation of sculptors, for whom he was, as the critic Herbert Read described, ‘in some sense a parent’.

In the early stages of their careers, many important artists felt Moore’s direct influence on their development, including Anthony Caro, Isaac Witkin, Ralph Brown, Hubert Dalwood and Geoffrey Clarke.

They were taught by him, visited him, worked for him, used him as a referee for art school and teaching positions, exhibited alongside him, and initially defined their work in relation to his.

Through correspondence, papers, drawings and sculptures, drawn from our own archive and other collections (as well as oral history accounts) this exhibition explores these artists’ various connections with Moore.

Dear Henry Moore was programmed to run alongside Henry Moore: Prints and Portfolios, a major exhibition of prints, etchings and drawings that explores the stories behind Moore’s graphic work.

Publication

Henry Moore: Prints & Portfolios

Print-making formed an increasingly important part of Moore’s work from the 1970s, when he worked with specialist printers and publishers internationally to meet a growing demand for his work.

Featuring over 800 images of Moore’s graphic works, this book charts the rich and varied histories of his prints and portfolios.

Product details:
Hardback
408 pages
317 x 254mm
ISBN: 978-2-9700530-3-3

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