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14-457: The Henry Moore Foundation is a registered charity in England, established for education and promotion of the fine arts — in particular, to advance understanding of the works of Henry Moore , and to promote the public appreciation of sculpture more generally. The Foundation is also tasked with administering the sale, exhibition and conservation of Moore's work in perpetuity. The charity

28-900: A basement room in Leeds City Art Gallery. In the following year, the Trust opened the Henry Moore Studio in Dean Clough , designed to give opportunities to contemporary artists. The Henry Moore Studio closed in 1999, at which time the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust and the Henry Moore Foundation amalgamated under the Foundation’s name. The Institute operates a changing programme of mainly sculptural exhibitions, and also features

42-513: A dedicated education space. It is due to reopen in summer 2024. The Foundation supports the growth and development of sculpture through grants to museums, galleries and individual art historians and researchers. Reclining Figure 1969–70 , a bronze sculpture, was stolen from the Foundation at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens on 15 December 2005. Thieves are believed to have lifted the 3.6 m by 2 m by 2 m, 2.1-tonne statue onto

56-497: A research library and an archive of sculptors' papers and ephemera. Staff at the Institute are also responsible for administering the sculpture collections of the neighbouring Leeds Art Gallery. The Institute hosts seasonal programmes of events, based on current exhibitions or other research interests, including lectures, seminars, conferences and practical workshops. In 2023 the Institute closed for refurbishment in order to provide

70-766: Is a large, modern and fully accessible visitor centre, with a cafe and interpretation room. Visitors can explore Moore's former studios, which have been preserved as the artist would have used them in his lifetime. The studios include: Alongside the studios, the grounds also include: The Foundation holds around 15,000 works by Henry Moore in its collection at Perry Green, including monumental sculpture, maquettes and working models, drawings, prints, tapestries, textiles, graphic work and sketchbooks. The Henry Moore Archive contains over 750,000 objects, including books and publications, letters and documents, clothing, exhibition posters, photography, film and audio recordings, and preparatory materials such as found objects. The Foundation

84-492: Is active in loaning works and touring exhibitions both nationally and internationally. The Henry Moore Institute is a centre for the study of sculpture in Leeds, located next door to Leeds Art Gallery on The Headrow . The Institute opened to the public on 22 April 1993. It is housed in a grade II listed building , converted from three former wool merchants' offices and designed by architects Jeremy Dixon and Edward Jones . It

98-534: Is connected via a bridge to Leeds Art Gallery. Admission is free. The Institute was born out of an earlier partnership between the Foundation and Leeds Art Gallery in 1982, which led to the creation of the Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture within Leeds City Art Gallery. In 1988, the Foundation established the Henry Moore Sculpture Trust as a 'public face' of the Foundation, which operated out of

112-583: The Henry Moore Foundation is Godfrey Worsdale. Situated on the site of Moore's former home and studios in Perry Green, rural Hertfordshire, Henry Moore Studios & Gardens is the headquarters of the Henry Moore Foundation. The estate is open seasonally to everyone, with an admission fee. Henry and Irena Moore moved to Perry Green during the Second World War after their street in Hampstead

126-696: The back of a Mercedes lorry using a crane. Police investigating the theft believe it could have been stolen for scrap value. 51°50′13″N 0°05′11″E  /  51.83694°N 0.08639°E  / 51.83694; 0.08639 Registered charity Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include the details below. Request from 172.68.168.133 via cp1102 cp1102, Varnish XID 552769477 Upstream caches: cp1102 int Error: 429, Too Many Requests at Thu, 28 Nov 2024 05:50:18 GMT Reclining Figure 1969%E2%80%9370 Inspired by

140-519: The second arm raised, and a prominence on the chest suggesting a breast. It has no evident face. Six full-size copies were cast in 1969 and early 1970, at the Noack factory in Berlin, and an artist's copy was cast shortly before Moore's death in 1986. The sculpture measures 3 × 3.6 × 2 metres (9.8 × 11.8 × 6.6 ft) and weighs around 2 tonnes (2.2 tons). One cast

154-428: The shape of a piece of flint, Moore created a maquette for the sculpture in plaster which was cast in an edition of small bronzes, some 15 centimetres (5.9 in) long. The maquette was used to create a full-size version in polystyrene, which was used to create a mould for a monumental sculpture. The sculpture can be viewed as an abstraction of a reclining female human figure, resting on one arm, hip and two legs, with

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168-802: Was bombed, renting part of a farmhouse called 'Hoglands'. Though originally they planned to return to London when the war ended, they ended up staying in Perry Green for the rest of their lives. As Moore became more famous and sold more works over the following years, he bought Hoglands, followed by gradually buying more land and buildings in the surrounding area which he converted into studios for making different kinds of artwork. Around twenty of Moore's large-scale sculptural works are on display at Henry Moore Studios & Gardens, often changing depending on whether they are loaned elsewhere for exhibitions. The gardens span more than 70 acres, including Irena Moore's flower gardens, fruit trees, landscaped lawns, and less formal gardens and fields shared with local sheep. There

182-642: Was exhibited in a major retrospective of his work at the Forte di Belvedere in Florence in 1972, later described by Moore as the pinnacle of his career. The artist's cast (0/6) was stolen from the Henry Moore Foundation at Perry Green, Hertfordshire on 15 December 2005. It is believed to have been hoisted onto the back of a stolen flatbed Mercedes lorry using a crane, cut up for scrap the same night, and shipped to Rotterdam , and then probably to

196-672: Was set up with a gift from the artist and his family in 1977. The Foundation supports a wide range of projects, including fellowships for artists and art historians and financial grants to various arts institutions. It is based in the UK and operates from two locations: Henry Moore Studios & Gardens in Perry Green in rural Hertfordshire , and the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds , West Yorkshire . The current director of

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