Leyden Gallery
Present
Henry Moore
lithographs
12th March – 26th April 2014 (Private View 11th March 18:30 – 21:00)
Henry Moore’s interest in printmaking began after World War I and continued until the end of
his life. It formed an increasingly important part of Moore’s work from the 1970s, when he
worked with specialist printers and publishers internationally, to meet a growing demand for
his work. In 1968 Henry Moore became his own publisher establishing a partnership with
Curwen that was to last 28 years. However, the first prints he did with Curwen Press date back
to 1958, they were the two editions called Eight Reclining Figures and Thirteen Standing
Figures.
In his book Stanley Jones and the Curwen Studio, Stanley Jones, the Studio Director at
Curwen, recalls visits to Moore’s Studio at Much Hadham. The excitement in these visits was
evident as new proofs and variations were unwrapped and viewed on the walls and floor
where the possibilities for editioning were discussed. In his visits to the Curwen, Moore would
search under the presses for other artists’ images transforming their discarded images into his
own realisations. Moore also found that towards the end of his life, and as the physical
demands of sculpture proved increasingly difficult, lithography was an important way to
develop ideas for his sculptures. The development of Henry Moore’s lithographic work can
be traced through the pages of the catalogues devised by David Mitchinson (Moore’s
personal assistant) and the Swiss publisher and gallery owner Gerald Cramer.
This exhibition at Leyden Gallery presents a series of important prints from the Curwen Press
collection.
For further information and images contact
Leyden Gallery 9/9a Leyden Street London E1 7LE Tel: +44 (0)20 655 4825
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