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Seven Ages of Man
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Justice
Presented by the Henry Moore Foundation 1986
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paper print lithograph
7 January 2011 – 6 March 2011
2011-03-06
7 January 2011 – 6 March 2011
2011-03-06
2011-01-07
Great North Museum Hancock (Newcastle, UK)
2011-01-07
Coming of Age: the art and science of ageing
Loan-out
The Justice
image: 314 × 213 mm
Presented by the Henry Moore Foundation 1986
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<p><b>Henry Moore O.M., C.H.</b><span>
1898-1986 </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-mary-and-martha-p02838" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02838</span></a> - <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-rhinoceros-head-p02932" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02932</span></a> </span>
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<p><span>Gift of ninety-five <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/lithography" title="Glossary definition for 'Lithography'"><span>lithographs</span></a> and <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/e/etching" title="Glossary definition for 'Etching'"><span>etchings</span></a> made between 1970 and 1984. This is the latest part of Henry Moore's ongoing gift to the Tate Gallery's <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>Print</span></a> Collection of one copy of almost every impression he made. The previous donation was in 1982. The ninety-five prints were presented by the Henry Moore Foundation in 1985. </span>
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<p><span>Henry Moore's complete graphic oeuvre of 719 prints is recorded in four volumes and the volumes of this catalogue raisonné have been compiled by Gérald Cramer, Patrick Cramer, Professor Alistair Grant, Head of Printmaking at the Royal College of Art, London and David Mitchinson, Curator of Collections at the Henry Moore Foundation, in conjunction with the artist. The first two volumes were published by Gérald Cramer, and the last two by Patrick Cramer in Geneva. The catalogue raisonné reference number of each print is indicated as Cramer, followed by the volume number expressed in roman numerals (I to IV), followed by the number of the print within the volume. This reference can be found at the end of the pre-prose section of each entry. Most of the prints in this donation were made during the period 1980-4 and are contained within Cramer Volume IV, published in 1986, which covers Moore's output from 1980 to the spring of 1984 when ill health prevented him from producing further prints. All prints, if polychrome, are reproduced in Cramer in full colour while those in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/m/monochrome" title="Glossary definition for 'Monochrome'"><span>monochrome</span></a> are printed in black on a <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/t/tone" title="Glossary definition for 'Tone'"><span>tone</span></a> colour. </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-man-and-woman-p02878" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02878</span></a> - <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-the-last-scene-p02885" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02885</span></a> </span><b>Seven Ages of Man</b><span>
1982, pub. 1986 </span>
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<p><span>Portfolio of eight lithographs, various sizes, on T.H. Saunders paper, various sizes; printed by Curwen Prints and published by Raymond Spencer Company for the Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham; </span><i>hors commerce</i><span>
proofs aside from the edition of 50 portfolios </span>
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<p><span>David Mitchinson told the compiler in a letter dated 18 August 1988 that ‘the ideas for the </span><i>Seven Ages of Man</i><span>
<a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portfolio" title="Glossary definition for 'Portfolio'"><span>portfolio</span></a> were originally worked out in <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawings</span></a> in a sketchbook, but I have no recollection of any specific reason why Moore decided to make them as lithographs.' </span>
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<p><span>All the images and corresponding lines of quotations are taken from Act II, Scene VII of William Shakespeare's </span><i>As You Like It</i><span>. </span>
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<p><span><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-the-justice-p02883" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02883</span></a> </span><b>The Justice</b><span>
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<p><span>Lithograph 314 x 213 (12 3/8 x 8 1/2) on paper 410 x 336 (16 1/8 x 13 1/4)</span>
<br/><span>Inscribed ‘Moore' below image b.r., ‘HC 8/10' below image b.l.; printed inscription ‘And then the Justice, in fair round belly | with good capon lined, with eyes severe &amp; beard | of formal cut, full of wise saws + modern | instances, &amp; so he plays his part' across top of image</span>
<br/><span>Cramer IV 665 </span>
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<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1984-86: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions Including Supplement to Catalogue of Acquisitions 1982-84</i><span>, Tate Gallery, London 1988, pp.420 and 427-8 </span>
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2004-09-17T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults ‘As You Like It’ birth to death chair crime and punishment emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas furnishings inscriptions justice of the peace literature and fiction man objects people quotation Shakespeare sitting society stages of life symbols and personifications wisdom work and occupations