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Haskell Education Center
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Maquette for Oval with Points,
1968
Henry Moore, 1898–1986; born Castleford, United Kingdom; died Perry Green, United Kingdom
y1971-10
Moore, a British sculptor known for abstract, biomorphic public artworks that recall natural forms, was commissioned by Princeton to make the piece now installed between Stanhope and Morrison Halls. This maquette, a preliminary model for the larger work, may be loosely based on an elephant skull owned by the artist. This smaller sculpture records an earlier stage in the evolution of the final largescale form of Oval with Points, which features longer points that almost meet in the center of its oval form. After completing the Princeton sculpture, Moore made a series of public works that repeat the finalized shape, giving each sculpture the same name.
Information
Title
Maquette for Oval with Points
Dates
1968
Maker
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
13.5 × 11.5 × 5.4 cm (5 5/16 × 4 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)
with base: 16 × 14 × 9.6 cm (6 5/16 × 5 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Harry A. Brooks, Class of 1935, and Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
Object Number
y1971-10
Signatures
Signature and edition number cut into back of plinth, lower right: Moore / 5/9
Culture
Materials
Subject
Harry A. Brooks, and Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York, New York, gift; to Princeton University Art Museum, 1971.
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Sanford C. Reynolds, Jr., John N. Brooks, Jr., Edmund L. Keeley, James M. Markham, and John A. McPhee, the editorial board, "The Putnam sculpture: 20th Century masterpieces give dramatic perspectives to Princeton's familiar vistas", Princeton alumni weekly 70 (Jan. 27, 1970): p. 1214
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"Acquisitions of the Art Museum 1971," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University, 31 no. 1 (1972): p. 20-32.
, p. 24 - Princeton University Art Museum: Handbook of the Collection (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2007), p. 263 (illus.)
