Henry Moore Works in Public
This is a guide to Moore's sculptures on public display throughout the world. We strive to ensure that all information is accurate, however we recommend that you contact each venue before making a visit. Please also contact us if you spot any mistakes. In some instances it has not been possible to source an image of the actual sculpture in-situ, and on such occasions an alternative image has been used.
Dallas
City Centre Park Plaza
Dallas Museum of Art
- Girl 1932 (LH 112)
- Stringed Figure 1937 (LH 186e)
- Family Group 1944 (LH 230)
- Wall Relief Maquette No.1 1955 (LH 365)
- Seated Figure on Square Steps 1957 (LH 436)
- Two Piece Reclining Figure: Maquette No.1 1960 (LH 473)
- Two Piece Reclining Figure No.3 1961 (LH 478)
- Maquette for Double Oval 1966 (LH 558)
- Maquette for Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 1967 (LH 575a)
- Mother and Child: Hands 1980 (LH 785)
- Small Animal 1980 (LH 799)
- Point and Oval 1981 (LH 819)
- Small Mother and Child 1982-85 (LH 871)
- Seated and Standing Figures 1983 (LH 895)
- Working Model for Three Piece No.3: Vertebrae 1968 (LH 579)
- Skeleton Figure 1984 (LH 912)
Nasher Sculpture Center
bronze
height 111.8cm
photo: John Farnham
Oval with Points is one of a number of sculptures featuring points that almost touch, creating a palpable sense of tension and drama . . . A small stone in Moore’s maquette studio showing two points touching at the centre of a hollowed-out oval is likely to have been a later inspiration. Moore himself cited various sources as influences for his interest in pointed forms, ranging from spark plugs to the School of Fontainebleau portrait of Gabrielle d’Estrée and her sister and Michelangelo’s God Creating Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
In Oval with Points, the points strain towards each other but fail to meet, giving a dynamic tenseness to the voluptuous forms of the exterior of the work. There is no suggestion of aggression; the points appear to grow out of the exterior form towards the interior in flowing, organic movement. It has been noted that the unevenly weighted holes above and below the points seem to suggest the division between head and torso.