Standing Figure: Knife Edge, (sculpture).

Standing Figure: Knife Edge, (sculpture).

Moore, Henry, 1898-1986, sculptor.

Hermann Noack Bildgiesseri, founder.

Mid-State Tile Company, contractor.

Standing Figure: Knife Edge, (sculpture).

Standing Figure Knife-edge, (sculpture).

Large Standing Figure Knife Edge, (sculpture).

1961. Sept. 1978. Relocated Dec. 1990.

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Sculpture: bronze with patina; Base: red granite or marble.

Sculpture: approx. H. 11 ft. 5 in. x W. 6 ft. x Diam. 4 ft.; Base: approx. Diam. 5 ft. (9,200 lbs.).

MOORE 1961 (On lower rear center of sculpture:) H. Noack-Berlin (On front right of base foundation, incised lettering:) LARGE STANDING FIGURE KNIFE EDGE 1961/HENRY MOORE/PURCHASED FOR THE METROCENTRE MALL BY/METROCENTRE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 AND PAID FOR/WITH PRIVATE FUNDS FROM PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE/DISTRICT./1978 signed Founder's mark appears.

An abstract torso figure with a facial plane tilted skyward and the arm at extended proper left ending in an abstract truncated shoulder. The sculpture rests upon a circular base on a square flat foundation that is inset into a brick plaza.

Figure female -- Torso

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Little Rock

Administered by Metrocentre Improvement District, 209 West Capitol, Suite 307, Little Rock, Arkansas 72201

Located 100 West Capitol & Main, Little Rock, Arkansas

Formerly located Metrocentre Pedestrian Mall, On east side of Main Street & Capitol Avenue intersection, Little Rock, Arkansas Sept. 1978-Dec. 1990.

Formerly in the collection of Moore, Henry Spencer, In garden, Much Hadham, England 1961-1978.

The sculpture was purchased from the artist by the Metrocentre Improvement District Commission for $185,000 in 1978. The base cost approximately $15,000. Funds for the sculpture were privately raised through levies on property in Little Rock's improvement district. The sculpture is number four of an edition of six created by the artist in 1961. It originally rested in the artist's garden at his residence in Much Hadham, outside of London.

The sculpture was installed by Mid-State Tile Company in Little Rock's Metrocentre Pedestrian Mall, at the corner of Capitol Avenue and Main Street, in September of 1978. It was relocated in December of 1990, fifty feet west to the 100 block of West Capitol Avenue, to improve traffic flow. The sculpture was cleaned and waxed in 1985 under the direction of the Metrocentre Improvement District Commission. SOS! report lists base media as red granite; but article in the Arkansas Gazette, Sept. 26, 1978, refers to base media as marble. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Donald Hall's "Henry Moore: The Life and Work of a Great Sculptor," New York: Harper & Row, 1966, pg. 160-161. IAS files contain related articles from the Arkansas Gazette, June 14, 1978 through Feb. 18, 1990.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1992.

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