Henry Moore
British, 1898­1986
UNESCO Reclining Figure
1957
Bronze
135.3 x 229.9 x 119.4 cm
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold H. Maremont, 1960.9
The work of Henry Moore has been reproduced by kind permission of the Henry Moore Foundation

This large sculpture is a model for a much larger sculpture designed for the UNESCO Plaza in Paris. Moore used different materials in his work—wood, bronze, marble—but his images are usually punctuated with openings.

Moore considered the openings or “holes” to be expressive rather than empty spaces. How many holes do you see in this figure? What do they suggest to you?