Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Moore, 1898–1986, British
Title:
Seated Woman Holding Child
Date:
1982
Materials & Techniques:
Bronze
Dimensions:
Overall: 6 7/8 x 4 3/8 x 5 7/8 inches (17.5 x 11.1 x 14.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B2000.13.2
Classification:
Sculptures
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
figure study | abstract art | mother | child | woman | seated
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)
Publications:
Gail Gelburd, Mother and Child : The Art of Henry Moore, Hofstra Museum, Hempstead, N.Y., 1987, p. 122, pl. 113, NJ18 M79 G54

David Sylvester, Henry Moore : Complete Sculpture, , v. 1-6, Lund Humphries, London, 1977 - 1999, pp. 54-55, vol. 6, cat. 876, , 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:49606