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Artists›Henry Moore

Henry Moore

1898–1986

WA-00005575

Castleford, UK

ContemporaryPrimitivismSurrealism

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

170

Works in Collection

342

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ151097

MoMA

Field Verification (8 fields)

5 cross-verified · 3 single-source

DeceasedWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Birth yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
Death yearWikidata + Unknown· 92%✓
LocationArtsy + Gallery· 85%✓
WebsiteWikidata· 92%✓
BiographyGallery Gagosian + Gallery Generic+1· 80%
NationalityArtsy + Unknown· 85%
Primary mediumUnknown· 20%

Source Registry (6)

Gagosianhttps://gagosian.com/artists/
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Paula-Cooperhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/henry-moore
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/henry-moore
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/henry-moore
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Hauser-Wirthhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/henry-moore
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4071
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

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Movement

Contemporary

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Rijksmuseum National Gallery of Art Tate Art Institute of Chicago

Canonical record

Artworks (170)

Sarajevo 1984 Winter Olympics

1983 · Lithograph

33 1/2 × 24 1/4" (85.1 × 61.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Reclining Figure in Dark Landscape

1979 · Etching, aquatint, and drypoint

Museum of Modern Art

Four Standing Figures

1978 · Lithograph

composition: 12 3/16 × 15 1/16" (30.9 × 38.2 cm); sheet: 20 1/2 × 23 1/8" (52 × 58.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

Stone Reclining Figure

1977 · Lithograph

composition (irreg.): 19 1/2 × 27 11/16" (49.6 × 70.4 cm); sheet: 20 3/8 × 30 9/16" (51.8 × 77.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reclining Figure: Architectural Background II

1977 · Lithograph

composition: 19 7/16 × 16 7/8" (49.3 × 42.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 23 7/8" (70 × 60.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Four Reclining Figures: Caves

1974 · Lithograph

composition: 17 3/4 × 23 7/16" (45.1 × 59.6 cm); sheet: 22 1/16 × 27 1/2" (56 × 69.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Wide Eye from Helmet Head Lithographs

1974 · One from a portfolio of five lithographs

composition (irreg.): 12 11/16 × 14 3/4" (32.3 × 37.4 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 24 7/8" (49 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Hiding Eye from Helmet Head Lithographs

1974 · One from a portfolio of five lithographs

composition (irreg.): 12 11/16 × 14 9/16" (32.2 × 37 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 24 7/8" (49 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Superior Eye from Helmet Head Lithographs

1974 · One from a portfolio of five lithographs

composition (irreg.): 12 5/8 × 15 1/16" (32 × 38.3 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 24 7/8" (49 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Direct Eye from Helmet Head Lithographs

1974 · One from a portfolio of five lithographs

composition: 12 1/16 × 12 3/8" (30.7 × 31.5 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 24 7/8" (49 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Contemplative Eye from Helmet Head Lithographs

1974 · One from a portfolio of five lithographs

composition: 13 × 13 11/16" (33 × 34.8 cm); sheet: 19 5/16 × 24 7/8" (49 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Helmet Head Lithographs

1974 · Portfolio of five lithographs

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each): 19 5/16 × 24 7/8" (49 × 63.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reclining and Standing Figure and Family Group from Reclining Figures

1973 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs

composition: 17 3/8 × 12 11/16" (44.2 × 32.3 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8" (65 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Reclining Figures from Reclining Figures

1973 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs

composition: 16 7/8 × 13 1/4" (42.8 × 33.7 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8" (65 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Two Reclining Figures on a Striped Background from Reclining Figures

1973 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs

composition: 18 1/4 × 13 1/8" (46.3 × 33.4 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8" (65 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reclining Figure with Sea Background from Reclining Figures

1973 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs

composition: 18 7/16 × 14 7/8" (46.8 × 37.8 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8" (65 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Group of Reclining Figures from Reclining Figures

1973 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs

composition: 18 3/16 × 15 3/4" (46.2 × 40 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8" (65 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reclining Figure with Sky Background from Reclining Figures

1973 · One from a portfolio of six lithographs

composition: 17 7/16 × 15 1/16" (44.3 × 38.2 cm); sheet: 25 9/16 × 19 7/8" (65 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Reclining Figures

1973 · Portfolio of six lithographs

composition (see child records): dimensions vary; sheet (each): 25 9/16 × 19 7/8" (65 × 50.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Three Standing Figures

1973 · Lithograph

composition: 9 13/16 × 14 3/16" (24.9 × 36 cm); sheet: 15 11/16 × 20 3/8" (39.9 × 51.7 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Three Reclining Figures with Water Background

1973 · Lithograph

composition and sheet: 14 7/8 × 19 5/16" (37.8 × 49 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Four Reclining Figures from Homage to Picasso (Hommage à Picasso)

1973 · Lithograph from a portfolio of thirty-one lithographs (one with aquatint, one with collotype, one with screenprint), twenty-two screenprints (one with embossing, one with flocking, one with stencil), eleven etchings (five with aquatint, one with aquatint and drypoint, one with aquatint, drypoint, and engraving), three aquatints (one with etching), and two woodcuts

composition (slightly irreg.): 16 1/2 x 24 5/8" (41.9 x 62.5cm); sheet: 21 5/8 x 30 1/8" (55 x 76.5cm)

Plate (folio 63) from Elephant Skull

1970 · Etching from an illustrated book with 33 etchings (including wrapper, five with drypoint)

plate 11 5/8 x 7 13/16" (29.6 x 19.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (7)

170 published of 292 catalogued · 131 with image

MoMA
122 publishedof 244 catalogued97 img
Art Institute Chicago
27 published27 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
7 published
The Met
7 published
Nga
5 published5 img
Rijksmuseum
1 published1 img
Tate
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 6)

6 entries · 1 sources

Family Group
1945 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Elephant Skull Album: Elephant Skull (Plate X)
1970 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Elephant Skull Album: Elephant Skull (Plate XIV)
1969 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Enslaved Workers
1862 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
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Three-Way Piece No. 2: Archer
1964 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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Catspaws off the Land
1885 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

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Art Institute of Chicago

01 12 1950 07064 Henry Moore en Willem Sandberg (5063454336)

Wikimedia Commons

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Wikimedia Commons

(Portrait of Edwin A. Finckel, George Handy, Johnny Richards, Eddie Sauter, Ralph Burns, and Neal Hefti, Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y., ca. Mar. 1947) (LOC) (5189935610)

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Relationships

Movements3

Contemporary Primitivism Surrealism

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago National Gallery of Art Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

National Gallery of Art

In collection

Tate

In collection

Rijksmuseum

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Auction house

Christie's

Background

Education

Royal College of Art

Visual Arts

Castleford Academy

Visual Arts

Leeds Arts University

Visual Arts

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