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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.42
People
Henry Moore, British (Castleford, W. Yorks, U.K. 1898 - 1986 Much Hadham, Herts, U.K.)
Title
Upright Motive No. 8
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1954
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/312005

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
sight: 220.98 x 55.88 cm (87 x 22 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
G. David Thompson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mr. G. David Thompson, in memory of his son, G. David Thompson, Jr., Class of 1958
Copyright
© Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.42
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Alan Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawing, Wittenborn & Co. (New York, NY, 1965), vol. 3, no. 388
  • Caroline A. Jones, Modern Art at Harvard: The Formation of the Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Collections of the Harvard University Art Museums (New York, NY and Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press, 1985). With an essay by John Coolidge and a preface by John M. Rosenfield. To accompany the inaugural exhibition at the Sackler Museum, Oct 21 1985 - Jan 5 1986, fig. 63, p. 70, b/w
  • Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 154, p. 136, repr.

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