Henry Moore’s Reclining Figure, Festival of Britain 1951
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Commissioned by the Arts Council of Great Britain for the 1951 Festival of Britain, Moore’s Reclining Figure: Festival served as a focal point of London’s newly-built South Bank, coming, for many, to represent the resilience and inventiveness of the British people in the wake of the Second World War.
Initially Moore was asked to contribute a carving, but it was decided that a bronze would be more suitable for the outdoor site. The creation of Moore’s sculpture with its unusual surface decoration of string to define the form, was captured on film by producer John Read during the filming of the 1951 BBC documentary Henry Moore.
After the festival ended, famously, the site was completely cleared. Moore subsequently agreed that further casts could be made of his sculpture with the original cast of Reclining Figure: Festival eventually residing in the public collection of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, where it can be seen today.
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