Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Moore, 1898–1986, British
Title:
Mother and Child on Ground
Date:
1980
Materials & Techniques:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 3/4 x 8 1/8 x 5 1/8 inches (14.6 x 20.6 x 13 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Incised on back of base, proper left: "6/9"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mrs. and Mr. Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B1999.26.2
Classification:
Sculptures
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
abstract art | mother | child | figure study
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Revisiting Traditions [BAC 20th century painting & sculpture] (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-04-30 - 2005-05-18)

20th Century Paintings and Sculpture (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-01-27 - 2000-04-30)
Publications:
David Mitchison, Henry Moore, Rizzoli, New York, 1992, no. 170, NJ18 M79 M552 1992 (YCBA)

David Sylvester, Henry Moore : Complete Sculpture, , v. 1-6, Lund Humphries, London, 1977 - 1999, p. 36-37, vol. 6, cat.. 783, pl. 47- 48, NJ18 M79 A12 B68 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Gallery Label:
Moore produced an enormous number of small maquettes over the course of his career and they played an important part in his artistic process. A selection of them is displayed here. As he explained: “Sometimes I make ten or twenty maquettes for every one that I use in a large scale—the others may get rejected. If a maquette keeps its interest enough for me to want to realize it as a full-scale final work, then I might make a working model in an intermediate size, in which changes will be made before going to the real, full-sized sculpture.” Gallery label for installation of YCBA collection, 2016
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45705