Three Standing Figures 1947
Three Standing Figures 1947 | |
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Artist | Henry Moore |
Year | 1947 to 1948[1] |
Catalogue | LH 268[1] |
Medium | Darley Dale stone[1] |
Dimensions | 213 cm (84 in) |
Location | London, United Kingdom |
Three Standing Figures 1947 (LH 268) is a large stone sculpture by Henry Moore. It was made in 1947–48, and exhibited at London County Council's first Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition at Battersea Park in 1948. Donated to the council, it has been exhibited at the park since 1950. It became a Grade II listed building in 1988.[2]
Description
The 7 feet (2.1 m) high stone statue comprises three standing women, draped in flowing garments: two standing closer together, observed by the third. Each has rudimentary facial features, such as eye holes.
Moore's draped figures developed from a series of drawings inspired by his observations of people in underground bomb shelters during the Second World War. In 1968, Moore commented that "it is as though the three women are standing there, expecting something to happen from the sky" Sylvester published an essay in The Burlington Magazine in 1948 with an unusual interpretation, as a family group: the protective mother, the stern father, and the child on the far right.[3]
History
Moore began with a terracotta model made c.1945; its present location is unknown, but there are two known plaster copies, one at the
The work in Battersea Park was carved between August 1947 and May 1948 from
Moore was a member of the selection committee for the Open-Air Exhibition, and his sculpture was used on the publicity poster.[4] It was sited in a prominent position, at the top of a slight rise in ground, with trees behind. His reputation grew dramatically from 1948, when he was a selected as Britain's greatest living artist for the 24th Venice Biennale and won the sculpture prize.[4] The sculpture was lent for the Open-Air Exhibition in 1948, and then bought by the Contemporary Art Society and donated to London County Council. It has been permanently sited in Battersea Park in Battersea, London, in 1950.[5]
In popular culture
The sculpture featured in the 1991
See also
Notes
References
- henry-moore.org (2022). "Three Standing Figures". Archived from the original on 25 December 2022.
- historicengland.org (2022). "Three Standing Figures". Archived from the original on 20 March 2022.
- tate.org (2022). "Henry Moore: Sculptural Process and Public Identity". Archived from the original on 19 August 2022.
- imdb.com (2022). "Mr. Bean Goes to Town (1991)". IMDb. Archived from the original on 2 January 2023.
- webarchive.henry-moore.org (2023). "Henry Moore Works in Public". Archived from the original on 2 January 2023.
- Powell, Jennifer (2022). "Henry Moore and 'Sculpture in the Open Air': Exhibitions in London's Parks". tate.org. Archived from the original on 20 May 2022.
Further reading
- Sculpture, Friends of Battersea Park
- Henry Moore, Sculpting the 20th Century, Dorothy M. Kosinski, Julian Andrews; Yale University Press, 2001; ISBN 0300089929, p. 278-9
External links
Media related to Three Standing Figures - Henry Moore (LH 258, Battersea Park, London) at Wikimedia Commons