Artist Monograph

Henry Moore, British

British, 1898–1986

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Medium Breakdown

Medium Works at MoMA Share
Lithography 60 49.2%
Etching 37 30.3%
Sculpture 13 10.7%
Watercolor 4 3.3%
Other Media 4 3.3%
Drawing 2 1.6%
Screenprint 1 0.8%
Engraving 1 0.8%

Department Distribution

Department Works Share
Drawings & Prints 106 86.9%
Painting & Sculpture 15 12.3%
Architecture & Design 1 0.8%

Production by Decade

6
1930s
40
1940s
8
1950s
34
1960s
33
1970s
1
1980s

Classification Types

  • Illustrated Book — 66
  • Print — 33
  • Sculpture — 14
  • Drawing — 7
  • Design — 1
  • Wallpaper — 1

Physical Scale

Scale bracketWorksShare
Small (< 30 cm)5142.9%
Medium (30–100 cm)6453.8%
Large (1–3 m)43.4%

Range: 8.6 cm → 198.4 cm (largest side)

Acquisition Timeline

Year acquiredWorks
19371
19391
19432
19472
19491
19501
19514
19521
19531
19542
19611
19631
196432
19651
19681
19691
197134
19764
19776
19781
19791
19871
19881
19901
199418

Currently On View

  • "MoMA, Floor 5, 500" — 1
  • "MoMA, Floor 1, Sculpture Garden" — 1

British Contemporaries

  1. 324 Thomas Bewick
  2. 265 Eduardo Paolozzi
  3. 264 John Thomson
  4. 239 David Hockney
  5. 173 Francis Frith