Green hornton stone
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Recumbent Figure
Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1939
abstraction
actions: postures and motions
adults
emotions, concepts and ideas
environment / nature
figure
figure
from recognisable sources
people
reclining
universal concepts
<p>This is one of the earliest works in which Moore shows the female figure undulating like the landscape. It was commissioned by the architect Serge Chermayeff to stand on the terrace of his home on the Downs. Visually, the figure would have acted as a bridge between the rolling hills and the ultra-modern house. Moore, like others, used many native British stones at this time. This Hornton stone came from a quarry near Banbury in Oxfordshire.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2007</em></p>
sculpture green hornton stone
25 June 2001 – 2 August 2004
2004-08-02
25 June 2001
2001-06-25
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2001-06-25
Modern Art and Tradition
Collection based display
30 August 2004 – 13 August 2007
2007-08-13
30 August 2004
2004-08-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2004-08-30
On England
Collection based display
22 December 2007 – 8 November 2009
2009-11-08
22 December 2007 – 8 November 2009
2009-11-08
2007-12-22
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-12-22
Objects and Materials
Collection based display
24 February 2010 – 12 June 2011
2011-06-12
24 February 2010 – 8 August 2010
2010-08-08
2010-02-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
23 October 2010 – 6 February 2011
2011-02-06
2010-10-23
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada)
http://www.ago.net
11 March 2011 – 12 June 2011
2011-06-12
2011-03-11
Leeds Art Gallery (Leeds, UK)
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery/
2010-02-24
Henry Moore
Exhibition
1 September 2010 – 15 April 2011
2011-04-15
24 February 2010 – 15 August 2010
2010-08-15
2010-02-24
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
23 October 2010 – 6 February 2011
2011-02-06
2010-10-23
Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Canada)
http://www.ago.net
11 March 2011 – 12 June 2011
2011-06-12
2011-03-11
Leeds Art Gallery (Leeds, UK)
http://www.leeds.gov.uk/artgallery/
2010-09-01
Henry Moore
Loan-out
15 February 2012 – 15 July 2012
2012-07-15
15 February 2012 – 15 July 2012
2012-07-15
2012-02-15
The Hepworth Wakefield (Wakefield, UK)
2012-02-15
Reciprocal loan for Picasso and British Art
Loan-out
13 May 2013 – 30 October 2022
2022-10-30
13 May 2013
2013-05-13
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2013-05-13
Henry Moore and Tate
Collection based display
19 May 2014 – 10 August 2014
2014-08-10
19 May 2014 – 10 August 2014
2014-08-10
2014-05-19
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-05-19
Kenneth Clark
Exhibition
6 October 2023 – 10 March 2024
2024-03-10
6 October 2023 – 3 March 2024
2024-03-03
2023-10-06
Fundación Juan March (Madrid, Spain)
http://www.march.es
2023-10-06
Before América. Original Sources in Modern Culture
Loan-out
Recumbent Figure
object: 889 × 1327 × 737 mm, 520 kg
Presented by the <a href="/search?gid=999999975" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Contemporary Art Society</a> 1939
<p>This is one of the earliest works in which Moore shows the female figure undulating like the landscape. It was commissioned by the architect Serge Chermayeff to stand on the terrace of his home on the Downs. Visually, the figure would have acted as a bridge between the rolling hills and the ultra-modern house. Moore, like others, used many native British stones at this time. This Hornton stone came from a quarry near Banbury in Oxfordshire.</p>

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