Four-Piece Composition (Reclining Figure)

Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)

Tate Collection

1934

This important early carving fills one of the few major gaps that remained in Moore's representation at the Tate in 1976. Moore began making multi-part compositions in 1934 and this very abstract treatment of the reclining figure, a recurring theme in his work, was one of the first he attempted. Fragmentation and abstraction were ideas of crucial concern to European avant-garde artists at this period.

• Medium: alabaster
• Dimensions: 18 x 45 x 17 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £5000 ( Total: £54,000)
• ArtFunded in: 1976

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