This is an enlarged bone with the addition of a small head. Moore had always been fascinated by bones.
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9 - Large Standing Figure:Knife Edge
- LH 482a
- Bronze Edition of 6 + 2
- Cast:
- Hermann Noack, Berlin
- Height:
- 900cm approx.
- Signature:
- stamped Moore, 0/6
- The Henry Moore Foundation:
- acquired 1987
You can imagine this lying on a weather-worn beach
- It's
a shame that this is on a plinth - it should just be emerging
from the ground as if it has always been a part of the landscape