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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

2011 Hatfield House, Moore at Hatfield

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photo: Jen Hicks
2011 Hatfield House, Moore at Hatfield
photo: Jen Hicks
photo: Jen Hicks

2011 Hatfield House, Moore at Hatfield

23 April 2011 - 02 October 2011
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The childhood home of Queen Elizabeth I, Hatfield House is situated 20 miles from London in the Hertfordshire countryside. The gardens at Hatfield provide a harmonious but constantly changing setting for this display of Henry Moore's larger works.

This exhibition of sculptures from the collection of The Henry Moore Foundation, in the year of Hatfield's 400th anniversary celebration, is the first outdoor exhibition in this country of Moore's sculptures since 2007, and his first solo exhibition in the grounds of an English country house. Comprising fourteen bronzes and one large fibreglass piece, the exhibition has been selected by Anita Feldman, Head of collections and Exhibitions at The Henry Moore Foundation, to represent the artist's iconic themes.

2022-23 St Albans/Doncaster, Henry Moore: Drawing in the Dark
16 December 2022 - 26 August 2023
Exhibition Info: Drawing in the Dark is the largest exhibition to date of Moore’s coalmining drawings, completed in 1942 for the War Artists’ Advisory Committee. When Moore was asked to record the coalminers working to power wartime Britain, he chose to visit the mine his father had worked in, Wheldale Colliery in Castleford, where he spent a week drawing from observation. Subsequently, he worked from memory to create the remaining drawings which were all completed within six months. This fascinating body of work reveals the back-breaking labour endured by nearly 3/4 million miners as they made their vital contribution to Britain's war effort, while also providing new insights into Moore’s life and artistic process.