Three Motives Against Wall, Number 1

1958

Henry Moore

Associated Names
Henry Moore

Artist, British, 1898 - 1986

The sculpture features three abstract, figure-like forms against a textured background with rectangular cutouts. The figures are seated and bent in various poses, with human-like silhouettes but abstract features. The sculpture is made of green-hued patinated bronze, giving it a mottled appearance with darker accents in recessed areas. The bronze has an aged and weathered look, offering a rich texture that highlights the contours and shapes. This provides depth and complexity to the sculpture, with shadowed areas accentuating the overall composition.
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On View

East Building Tower Level, Gallery E614

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bronze

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Enid A. Haupt

  • Dimensions

    overall: 50.5 x 107.4 x 43.7 cm (19 7/8 x 42 5/16 x 17 3/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1977.47.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Pace Gallery, New York);[1] Mrs. Enid Annenberg Haupt, New York; gift 1977 to NGA.
[1] According to a memorandum of telephone call between J. Carter Brown and Mrs. Haupt (26 September 1977, copy in NGA curatorial files). However, an annotated copy of the same memorandum, also in NGA curatorial files, seems to indicate that only the Trova (NGA 1977.47.12) was purchased from Pace Gallery.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1978

  • Aspects of Twentieth-Century Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978-1979, no. 86, repro.

1983

  • Henry Moore, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, 1983.

2001

  • Henry Moore, Dallas Museum of Art; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2001-2002, no. 73a, not in cat. (shown only in Washington).

Bibliography

1965

  • Bowness, Alan, ed. Henry Moore: Sculpture and drawings. Sculpture 1955-64. 6 vols. London, 1965: 3:no. 441, pl. 75.

1989

  • Strick, Jeremy. Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture: Selections for the Tenth Anniversary of the East Building. Washington, D.C., 1989: repro. 88, 89.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 156, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q63854658

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