Preparations continue for Musee Rodin Moore exhibition
Exhibition
15th October 2010 - 15th February 2011
Musee Rodin
Paris
Bourne Maquette Studio, Perry Green c.1995
Wall Relief: Maquette No.5 1955
LH 369
plaster
The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
photo: Michael Phipps
Working Model for Divided Oval: Butterfly
1982
LH 571a
plaster
The Henry Moore Foundation
photo: Michael Phipps
Reclining Figure: Angles 1979
LH 675
plaster
The Henry Moore Foundation: gift os the artist 1977
photo: Michael Phipps
Working Model for Reclining Figure: Bone Skirt 1977-79
LH 723
plaster
The Henry Moore Foundation
photo: Michael Phipps
Horse's Head 1980
LH 801
plaster, wood base
The Henry Moore Foundation
photo: Michael Phipps
Ideas for Sculpture: Seated Figures and Heads 1930
HMF 803
pen and ink, crayon on cream lightweight wove
182 x 112 mm
signature (added later): pen and ink l.r. Moore, undated
The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
photo: Michael Phipps
Ideas for Sculpture 1938
HMF 1392b
pencil, crayon, chalk, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
185 x 277mm
signature: pen and ink l.r. Moore/38
inscription: pencil l.c.r. Lubetkin; reclining
The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 2003
photo: Michael Phipps
Ideas for Sculpture: Two Seated Figures 1980
HMF 80(253)
charcoal, wax crayon, ballpoint pen, watercolour wash on off-white wove
260 x 287mm
signature: ballpoint pen l.l. Moore/80
The Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
photo: Henry Moore Foundation Archive
Henry Moore, l’atelier: sculpture et dessins will be the first major Moore retrospective held in Paris for over 30 years, and the opportunity to renew ties between Moore and the Musee Rodin. Past exhibitions of his work there include one held in the gardens of the Hotel Biron in 1956, and then two more in 1961 and 1971.
This exhibition will evoke the extraordinary studio at Perry Green, Hertfordshire, where Henry Moore worked, surrounded by pebbles, stones, bones, and found objects of all kinds gathered during his walks. All in all, the Musee Rodin will host more than 124 sculptures, including two monumental pieces and 20 reliefs, 48 drawings and three sketch books, all belonging to The Henry Moore Foundation.
The works will date from the 1930s to the 1980s, and will include two monumental outdoor works, and some of the famous second world-war Shelter Drawings.
The Foundation team has worked closely with the museum's team on all aspects of preparation, including the catalogue, and its conservation and curatorial team will install the exhibition.