Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73

Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 (LH 629) is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore. Approximately 4 metres (13 ft) long, the sculpture was made an edition of seven full size casts (plus an artist's copy), all cast by the Hermann Noack foundry in Berlin.

Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73
Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 in San Francisco
Artist	Henry Moore
Catalogue	LH 629
Medium	Bronze
Subject	A reclining human figure
Dimensions	4 m (13 ft)

Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 at Harvard University

Relatively unusually for Moore's work, the cast is polished rather than patinated. The highly abstract – almost surreal – sculpture comprises four pieces, with the composition reminiscent of a reclining human figure.

One cast is located outside the Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall at the intersection of Van Ness and Grove Streets in San Francisco's Civic Center, in the U.S. state of California.[1][2] The work's estimated cost is between $60,000 and $85,000.[1] The work was displayed in London's Gagosian Gallery in 2012.[3]

Other casts are located at the Lamont Library, Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts,[4] and at Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art in Kofu, Japan.[5] The artist's copy (cast 0) is at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire.[6]

See also

• 1973 in art

References

1. "Henry Moore Large Four Piece Reclining Figure, 1973". San Francisco Arts Commission. May 3, 2010. Archived from the original on December 21, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
2. "Henry Moore Works in Public: Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 (LH 629)". Henry Moore Foundation. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
3. Phillips, Sam (June 8, 2012). "Henry Moore: Large Late Forms". Royal Academy. Retrieved July 17, 2013.
4. Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972-73 (LH 629), Henry Moore Foundation.
5. Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972-73 (LH 629), Henry Moore Foundation.
6. Henry Moore Artworks, Online catalogue, Henry Moore Foundation.