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Girl
Purchased 1952
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<p>From the mid-1920s Moore had advocated the abolition of the 'Greek ideal' in sculpture in favour of non-European sources, which he felt had much greater vitality. This work reveals his fascination with the Mesopotamian sculptures in the British Museum, especially solemn standing figures with clasped hands. He reviewed a book on Mesopotamian art for 'The Listener' in June 1935. Around 1931-2 Moore also turned his attention to the study of natural forms, such as shells, bones and pebbles. He then brought together his studies in natural forms with his admiration for non-European 'primitive' sculpture and began to introduce a rhythmic and non-naturalistic approach to the depiction of the human figure.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture ancaster stone
3 July 2002 – 3 November 2002
2002-11-03
3 July 2002 – 3 November 2003
2003-11-03
2002-07-03
Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul, France)
2002-07-03
Henry Moore
Loan-out
12 May 2004 – 12 September 2004
2004-09-12
12 May 2004 – 12 September 2004
2004-09-12
2004-05-12
Dulwich Picture Gallery (London, UK)
2004-05-12
Henry Moore
Loan-out
1 June 2005 – 31 August 2005
2005-08-31
1 June 2005 – 31 August 2005
2005-08-31
2005-06-01
Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
1 October 2005 – 1 March 2006
2006-03-01
2005-10-01
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey  (Monterrey, Mexico)
http://www.marco.org.mx
2005-06-01
Henry Moore and Mexico
Loan-out
4 June 2005 – 9 October 2005
2005-10-09
28 May 2005 – 9 October 2005
2005-10-09
2005-05-28
Museo Dolores Olmedo Patiño Mexico (Mexico City, Mexico)
4 November 2005 – 19 February 2006
2006-02-19
2005-11-04
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey  (Monterrey, Mexico)
http://www.marco.org.mx
2005-06-04
Moore and Mexico
Loan-out
15 September 2007 – 31 March 2009
2009-03-31
15 September 2007 – 31 March 2009
2009-03-31
2007-09-15
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2007-09-15
From Nature
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 November 2012 – 3 January 2013
2013-01-03
15 November 2012 – 3 January 2013
2013-01-03
2012-11-15
Royal College of Art (London, UK)
http://www.rca.ac.uk
2012-11-15
Royal College of Art 175th Anniversary
Loan-out
17 May 2014 – 25 January 2015
2015-01-25
17 May 2014 – 28 September 2014
2014-09-28
2014-05-17
Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/
24 October 2014 – 25 January 2015
2015-01-25
2014-10-24
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Middlesbrough, UK)
http://www.visitmima.com/
2014-05-17
International Exchanges: St Ives and Modern Art, 1915 - 1965
Exhibition
17 May 2014 – 31 January 2015
2015-01-31
1 October 2014 – 31 January 2015
2015-01-31
2014-10-01
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Middlesbrough, UK)
http://www.visitmima.com/
2014-05-17
International Exchanges: St Ives and Modern Art, 1915 - 1965
Loan-out
26 October 2017 – 21 January 2018
2018-01-21
26 October 2017 – 21 January 2018
2018-01-21
2017-10-26
Fundació Joan Miró (Barcelona, Spain)
http://www.bcn.fjmiro.es
2017-10-26
Sumer and the Modernist Paradigm
Loan-out
31 October 2022
31 October 2022
2022-10-31
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-10-31
Gallery 3
Collection based display
Girl
Overall dims: 865 × 600 × 433mm (including base and wooden board)
Purchased 1952
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<p>From the mid-1920s onwards, Henry Moore moved away from the ‘ideal’ style of ancient Greek sculpture in the way he worked. Instead, he wanted to learn from non-European cultures. Moore was interested in respecting the materials he used, rather than manipulating them to his own ends regardless of their nature. Moore saw Mesopotamian (western Asian) standing figures with clasped hands, in the British Museum. Their influence on both style and posture is clear in Girl.</p>
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