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Four-Piece Composition (Reclining Figure)

, 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.

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Title of artwork, date

Four-Piece Composition (Reclining Figure), 1934

Date supported

1976

Medium and material

Alabaster

Dimensions

18 x 45 x 17 cm

Grant

5000

Total cost

54000

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