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Knife Edge Two Piece (1962-65 - unveiled 1 November 1967)

Henry Spencer Moore

bronze and concrete faced in granite

Parliamentary Art Collection (Art in Parliament), London

© The Henry Moore Foundation. All Rights Reserved, DACS / www.henry-moore.org Photo credit: Maarten Roes Francken / Art UK

Details

Classification:

Sculpture

Materials:

Bronze, Concrete, Granite

Physical Object Description:

The work is cast in bronze by H. Noack foundry, Berlin and comprises two monumental forms separated by a ravine. Concrete pedestal faced in granite and inscribed: KNIFE EDGE BY HENRY MOORE / PRESENTED TO THE NATION BY / THE CONTEMPORARY ART / SOCIETY AND THE SCULPTOR 1967. Grade II* (England and Wales) listed (19 January 2016).

Technique:

Cast

Dimensions:

365.8 x 274.4 cm

Accession Number:

WOA S715 / SW1_MRF_S040

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1967

Ownership history:

Commissioned from the artist by the Contemporary Art Society, 1965; presented to The Ministry of Public Buildings and Works (later Westminster City Council and since 2011 the Parliamentary Art Collection) and placed, at the behest of the artist, in Abingdon Street Gardens, opposite the Houses of Parliament, 1967

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