Reclining Figure (1951, Festival of Britain)

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Reclining Figure (1951, Festival of Britain) is a large modernist bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, created for the Festival of Britain and emblematic of his abstracted, organic depictions of the human form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bronze sculpture
public artwork
sculpture
artisticTheme abstraction of the human form
relationship between human figure and landscape
associatedWith Festival of Britain
South Bank of the River Thames
surface form: South Bank, London

post-war British art
category 1950s sculptures
Bronze sculptures in the United Kingdom
Henry Moore
surface form: Sculptures by Henry Moore
color dark patinated bronze
commissionedFor Festival of Britain
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Henry Moore
depicts female figure
reclining human figure
designedForUse outdoor display
exhibitionHistory Festival of Britain
genre abstract sculpture
hasPart abstracted head
bent legs
elongated torso
hollowed spaces
pierced forms
hasTitle Reclining Figure
inception 1951
influencedBy bones and organic forms
modernist sculpture
natural rock formations
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainSubject human body
reclining pose
materialUsed bronze
movement Modernism
notableWorkOf Henry Moore
partOfSeries Reclining Figure series
significantEvent created for a national exhibition in post-war Britain
style biomorphic forms
organic abstraction
year 1951

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Henry Moore notableWork Reclining Figure (1951, Festival of Britain)
Reclining Figure (1938, Leeds University) series Reclining Figure (1951, Festival of Britain)
this entity surface form: Reclining Figure series by Henry Moore