Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop, (sculpture).

Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop, (sculpture).

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986, sculptor.

Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop, (sculpture).

1963. cast 1964.

49 1/2 x 78 1/2 x 58 1/2 in.

Three biomorphic bronze forms assembled side by side to resemble a reclining figure. Later the artist thought that the sculpture reminded him of a view under London's Waterloo Bridge.

Outdoor Sculpture -- District of Columbia -- Washington

Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Independence Avenue at 8th Street, S.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: 66.3656

Gift of Hirshhorn, Joseph H., 1966.

The sculpture is number two in an edition of seven.

Fletcher, Valerie J., "A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, pg. 70.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden collection printout, 2008.

Fletcher, Valerie J., "A Garden for Art: Outdoor Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum," Washington, D.C.: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution in association with Thames and Hudson, 1998, pg. 70.

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