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Maquette Family Group
Purchased 1945
actions: postures and motions
adults
bench
child
children
clothing and personal items
drapery
family
family
furnishings
man
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people
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woman
<p>These maquettes, or preparatory models, were made during the mid-1940s, when Moore was working on a commission  for a sculpture for a progressive school  for children and parents. The theme  of the family was particularly relevant.</p><p>In the end none of Moore's designs were chosen. Four years later he re-considered these models when planning a commission for a similarly progressive school, Barclay Secondary School in Stevenage. A cast  of the full scale Family Group he made for the school is on display in this gallery. Later still, Moore used these maquettes as source material for the other family groups.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
sculpture bronze
5 August 2002 – 13 April 2003
2003-04-13
5 August 2002 – 13 April 2003
2003-04-13
2002-08-05
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-08-05
Henry Moore in the 1940s
Collection based display
19 December 2003 – 31 May 2004
2004-05-31
12 December 2003 – 31 May 2004
2004-05-31
2003-12-12
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2003-12-19
The Shape of Ideas
Collection based display
16 May 2005 – 29 January 2006
2006-01-29
16 May 2005 – 29 January 2006
2006-01-29
2005-05-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-05-16
Sculpture 1933-1945
Collection based display
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
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
Maquette for Family Group
object: 137 × 114 × 67 mm
Purchased 1945
<p>
These <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/maquette" title="Glossary definition for 'Maquette'"><span>maquettes</span></a>, or preparatory models, were made during the mid-1940s, when Moore was working on a commission <br/>
for 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/s/sculpture" title="Glossary definition for 'Sculpture'"><span>sculpture</span></a> for a progressive school <br/>
for children and parents. The theme <br/>
of the family was particularly relevant.</p>
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<p>
In the end none of Moore's designs were chosen. Four years later he re-considered these models when planning a commission for a similarly progressive school, Barclay Secondary School in Stevenage. 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/c/cast" title="Glossary definition for 'Cast'"><span>cast</span></a> <br/>
of the full scale Family Group he made for the school is on display in this gallery. Later still, Moore used these maquettes as source material for the other family groups.</p>
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