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Large Four Piece Reclining Figure, (sculpture). Artist:  Moore, Henry, 1898-1986, sculptor. Hermann Noack Bildgiesseri, founder. Title:  Large Four Piece Reclining Figure, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Reclining Lady, (sculpture). Dates:  1972. Cast 1973. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 1/2 x W. 4 ft. x D. 13 1/2 ft.; Bronze base: approx. 6 x 13 ft.; Concrete base: approx. H. 32 in. Inscription:  MOORE 4/7 / U - H. NOACK BERLIN signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Four smooth, curving pieces of bronze resembling a head, breast and shoulders, thighs, and bent legs are placed together on a rectangular base in a loose, figurative form. Subject:  Figure female Abstract Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- California -- San Francisco Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco Arts Commission, 25 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 240, San Francisco, California 94102 Located Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Avenue at Grove Street, San Francisco, California Remarks:  A nearby inscription reads: LARGE FOUR PIECE RECLINING FIGURE HENRY MOORE 1973 A GIFT OF MR. & MRS. EARL ROUDA 1980. The sculpture was reportedly purchased for $400,000. IAS file contain articles from the San Francisco Chronicle Examiner, Sept. 21, 1980, pg. 14-15 and the San Francisco Examiner, Oct. 29, 1980; March 26, 1986 correspondence from The Henry Moore Foundation noting locations for the seven casts of this sculpture and detailing the artist's preference for the highly-polished gold surface of the sculpture to be allowed to weather naturally; and September 8, 1987 correspondence from the conservation department of the M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum providing suggestions for repair of the sculpture after it was vandalized. For additional information see the San Francisco Examiner, Jan. 29, 1980; San Francisco Chronicle, Oct. 9, 1980; and the San Francisco Symphony Bulletin (March 1980). References:  Public Monument Conservation Project, 1986. Save Outdoor Sculpture, California, San Francisco survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. San Francisco Chronicle Examiner, Sept. 21, 1980, pg. 15. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS CA000008   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CA000008 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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