Facts about Henry Moore: Reclining Figure

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   Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City has housed a large bronze Reclining Figure by Moore in its reflecting pool since 1965.

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   One monumental Reclining Figure, carved in elmwood between 1935 and 1936, is considered among Moore's most significant early explorations of the abstracted human form.

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   Moore created multiple versions of Reclining Figure across decades, working in materials including bronze, elmwood, and travertine marble.

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   A large bronze Reclining Figure by Henry Moore was installed outside the UNESCO headquarters in Paris in 1958.

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   The reclining figure was a recurring motif throughout Henry Moore's career, inspired partly by a Chacmool pre-Columbian sculpture he encountered early on.

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