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.
Washington DC
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Draped Reclining Figure 1952-53 (LH 336)
- King and Queen 1952-53 (LH 350)
- Seated Woman 1957 (LH 435)
- Working Model for Three Piece No.3: Vertebrae 1968 (LH 579)
- Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points 1969-70 (LH 606)
National Gallery of Art
- Reclining Figure 1946 (LH 260)
- Stone Memorial 1961/69 (LH 491b)
- Maquette for Atom Piece 1964 (LH 524)
- Mirror Knife Edge 1977 (LH 714)
The Phillips Collection
length 762cm
bronze
The architect I.M. Pei asked me to make a sculpture for his new extension to the National Gallery in Washington. When we had to decide, he came to my studio with photographs, plans and scale drawings of the building and suggestions of where he thought a sculpture could be placed. This was at the entrance to the new building. We both agreed that whatever sculpture it was, it would have to be on a very big scale, otherwise it would only look like somebody going in and out of the gallery. After some consideration we both thought that an existing sculpture, the Knife Edge Two Piece [LH 516] would be the right idea if made big enough, but we both agreed that if it were the other way round, that is, a mirror image of itself, it would suit better the entrance, because people could go through it into the gallery, whereas the other way they would be running into the wall. I thought it was a good experiment for me to have to do a sculpture as a mirror image. This was done and I think successfully.
Henry Moore in conversation with David Mitchinson, 1980, HMF archive