Public art & sculpture · London
Three Standing Figures
Three Standing Figures in England London, United Kingdom.
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- 1 h–2 h
About
Three Standing Figures is a public sculpture in England London, United Kingdom, dating from 1948. Britain's public art ranges from Henry Moore reclining figures and Anthony Gormley installations to the Angel of the North and the surviving statues of empire.
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From the Wikipedia article
Three Standing Figures 1947 (LH 268) is a large stone sculpture by Henry Moore. It was made in 1947–48, and exhibited at London County Council's first Open-Air Sculpture Exhibition at Battersea Park in 1948. Donated to the council, it has been exhibited at the park since 1950. It became a Grade II listed building in 1988.
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Background
History
Moore began with a terracotta model made c.1945; its present location is unknown, but there are two known plaster copies, one at the Henry Moore Foundation and one on long-term loan to the Tate Gallery. Moore also cast a bronze edition of four (plus one artist's copy) between 1948 and 1949; an additional artist's cast was made in 1985. Examples of these sculptures are held in the Smith College Museum of Art in Massachusetts and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice. The work in Battersea Park was carved between August 1947 and May 1948 from Darley Dale sandstone, one of the last statues that Moore made from English stone. It was originally conceived to fulfil a commission from the…
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- Coordinates
- 51.4781, -0.1569
- Established
- 1948
- Official site
- www.batterseaparkzoo.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q19691893 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Three Standing Figures 1947 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Three Standing Figures?
- Three Standing Figures is in London, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 51.4781°, -0.1569°.
- When was Three Standing Figures built?
- Three Standing Figures dates to 1948.