Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9

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Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9
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Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Artist Henry Moore
Year1967
CatalogueLH 576 [1]
Typebronze
Dimensions140 cm× 230 cm× 130 cm(54 in× 90 in× 50 in)

Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 is a bronze sculpture of 1967 by the English artist Henry Moore, which exists in several versions and is catalogued as LH 576.

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Locations

Casts are located at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra, [2] the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California, [3] the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Kansas City Sculpture Park. [4]

Description

The bronze sculpture is an abstract, androgynous reclining form; it rests on a base installed on the lawn. [5]

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References

  1. "Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9". henry-moore.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022.
  2. "Henry Moore Foundation, Canberra". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  3. "Henry Moore Foundation, Pasadena". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  4. "Henry Moore Foundation, Kansas". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
  5. Buck, Diane (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook. Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin. pp. 180–181. ISBN   0-87020-276-6.

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