Henry Moore
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Henry Moore, King and Queen, bronze, 1952-1953Rick Coulby / Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Source. Moore and Hepworth return to Washington’s renewed Hirshhorn garden
Henry Moore’s King and Queen have resumed their watch over Washington. The seated bronze couple, made in 1952-53, are among the familiar figures returning to view as the Hirshhorn Museum’s sculpture garden reopens on 31 October after a four-year transformation by the Japanese artist and architect Hiroshi Sugimoto.
Barbara Hepworth. Figure, 1933 Grey alabaster (Cumberland alabaster) 19 x 14.6 x 6.3 cm (7 ½ x 5 ¾ x 2 ½ in)Osborne Samuel Source. An early Hepworth in alabaster at Osborne Samuel
At just 19cm high, Barbara Hepworth’s Figure of 1933 might seem an unlikely work to hold its own in a company of celebrated British sculptors.
