Four Forms

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Artist Henry Moore (English, 1898–1986)

Title Four Forms

Date 1936

Medium African wonderstone

Dimensions Overall (with base): 7 1/4 x 25 1/8 x 6 1/8 in. (18.4 x 63.8 x 15.6 cm)

Credit Line Given in honor of Dr. Roy Elder Adams Hope by Sarahanne Hope-Davis, Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University

Accession Number 95.7

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In 1934, Moore began a series of small carvings composed of two, three, or four abstract forms, which he developed through preparatory drawings. The biomorphic quality of the forms reveals the influence of sculptors such as Hans Arp and Constantin Brancusi.

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"Four Forms | Collections Online." Collections Online. Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, 2024. https://artmuseum.indiana.edu/collections-online/browse/object.php?number=95.7