Henry Moore's 'Knife edge mirror two piece', at the National Gallery of Art, Washington

• Autores: John-Paul Stonard
• Localización: Burlington magazine, ISSN 0007-6287, Vol. 153, Nº 1297, 2011, págs. 249-255
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The writer discusses Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece (1976–78), a sculpture by Henry Moore at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., as an example of his late period. From a European viewpoint, the concentration of important late works by Moore, particularly commissions, in North America has led to a narrow view of this era as dominated by monumental, impersonal public sculptures that lack the vivid historical context of the pre-War carvings and wartime Shelter drawings. However, it was only after 1960 that Moore produced some of his most intriguing works, defined by powerful, complex abstract forms, experimentation with materials and scale, and a new dynamic relationship with architecture. Moreover, it was mainly in North America that Moore found the atmosphere in which this new phase could develop. The writer sheds light on the commissioning and fabrication of Knife edge mirror and suggests some ways in which it epitomizes Moore's late period, and what might even be called his transatlantic rebirth.