Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9

Sculpture series by Henry Moore

Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9
Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Artist	Henry Moore
Year	1967
Catalogue	LH 576^[1]
Type	bronze
Dimensions	140 cm × 230 cm × 130 cm (54 in × 90 in × 50 in)

Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 is a bronze sculpture of 1967 by the English artist Henry Moore, which exists in several versions and is catalogued as LH 576.

Locations

Casts are located at the National Library of Australia, in Canberra,^[2] the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, California,^[3] the Lynden Sculpture Garden near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the Kansas City Sculpture Park.^[4]

Description

The bronze sculpture is an abstract, androgynous reclining form; it rests on a base installed on the lawn.^[5]

References

^ "Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9". henry-moore.org. Archived from the original on 18 December 2022.
^ "Henry Moore Foundation, Canberra". Archived from the original on 2014-12-26. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
^ "Henry Moore Foundation, Pasadena". Archived from the original on 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
^ "Henry Moore Foundation, Kansas". Archived from the original on 2013-01-18. Retrieved 2012-06-22.
^ Buck, Diane (1995). Outdoor Sculpture in Milwaukee: A Cultural and Historical Guidebook. Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin. pp. 180–181. ISBN 0-87020-276-6.

Henry Moore

Sculptures

List of sculptures
Four-Piece Composition: Reclining Figure
Reclining Figure 1938
Recumbent Figure 1938
Reclining Figure 1939
Three Standing Figures 1947
Family Group
Reclining Figure: Festival
King and Queen
Draped Reclining Figure, 1952–53
Large Interior Form, 1953–54
Reclining Figure: External Form 1953–1954
Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross
Seated Woman, 1957
Draped Seated Woman 1957–58
Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58
UNESCO Reclining Figure 1957–58
Standing Figure: Knife Edge
Large Torso, Arch
Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65
Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop
Reclining Figure (Lincoln Center)
Three Way Piece No.1: Points
Three Way Piece No.2: Archer
Locking Piece
Man Enters the Cosmos
Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9
Nuclear Energy
Spindle Piece
Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae (Working Model)
Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae
Oval with Points
Large Two Forms
Reclining Figure 1969–70
Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points
Large Arch
Sheep Piece 1971–72
Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73
Hill Arches 1973
Goslar Warrior 1973–1974
Three-Piece Reclining Figure: Draped 1975
The Arch 1979–1980

Assistants

Reg Butler
Anthony Caro
Robert Clatworthy
Phillip King
Philip McCracken
Bernard Meadows
Lenton Parr
Ron Robertson-Swann
Stephen Walker
Richard Wentworth
Isaac Witkin

Associated with

Supporters

Kenneth Clark

Institutions

Henry Moore Foundation

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