Large Interior Form

Large Interior Form
Artist Henry Moore
Year 1982
Type Bronze
Dimensions 495.3 cm (195.0 in)
Location Art Institute of Chicago (outdoor), Chicago, IL

Large Interior Form is a sculpture by Henry Moore. There are six productions of the work including the one pictured in the Art Institute of Chicago North Stanley McCormick Memorial Court (AKA north garden) north of the Art Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.[1] It is work of art created in 1982. The first of the 6 16 feet (4.9 m) versions created in 1981 sits in an outdoor setting at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, MO.[2][3] These sculptures measure 16 feet 3 inches x 56 1/4 inches x 56 1/4 inches (495.3 x 142.88 x 142.88 cm).[3] Moore use to take pride in viewing his sculptures in the open air environment.[4] Trinity University is among the other locations that has Large Interior Form on public display outdoors.[5]

In Chicago, Moore has a total of four public sculptures on display that are listed on the Smithsonian Institution's Research Information System (SIRIS).[6] He also has Nuclear Energy situated at the National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places, Chicago Landmark Site of First Self-Sustaining Nuclear Reaction.[7] Moore also has a sundial installation (visible here) outside the National Historic Landmark, National Register of Historic Places Adler Planetarium called Man Enters the Cosmos.[8]

Notes and references

  1. ^ "Art Inventories Catalogue (Large Interior Form - Chicago)". Smithsonian Institution. 2004. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1183263XW711U.2312&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100009~!1462811~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!siartinventories&term=Large+Interior+Form%2C&index=ALTIT. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
  2. ^ "Art Inventories Catalogue (Large Interior Form - Kansas City)". Smithsonian Institution. 2004. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1183263XW711U.2312&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100009~!1466439~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2&source=~!siartinventories&term=Large+Interior+Form%2C&index=ALTIT. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
  3. ^ a b "Collections". Nelson Gallery Foundation. 2007. http://www.nelson-atkins.org/art/CollectionDatabase.cfm?id=4673&theme=kcsp. Retrieved 2007-06-07. 
  4. ^ Russell, John (1989-06-05). "Review/Art; Moore Sculptures in a Kansas City Garden". The New York Times Company. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE0D9103FF936A35755C0A96F948260. Retrieved 2007-06-07. 
  5. ^ "Art Inventories Catalogue (Large Interior Form - San Antonio)". Smithsonian Institution. 2004. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1183263XW711U.2312&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!318785~!69&ri=2&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Moore,+Henry+Spencer,+1898-1986,+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=2. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
  6. ^ "Art Inventories Catalogue (Henry Moore)". Smithsonian Institution. 2004. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12V88E9986341.11079&profile=ariall&uri=link=3100006~!206654~!3100001~!3100002&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=3&source=~!siartinventories&term=Moore%2C+Henry+Spencer%2C+1898-1986%2C+sculptor.&index=AUTHOR. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
  7. ^ "Art Inventories Catalogue (Nuclear Energy)". Smithsonian Institution. 2004. http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1183A31R56U98.406&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!296234~!224&ri=1&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Illinois+--+Chicago&index=&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=1. Retrieved 2008-08-16. 
  8. ^ City of Chicago Department of Public Affairs (April 2005). "The Chicago Public Art Guide" (PDF). http://www.winterdelights.com/pdfs/publicart.pdf. Retrieved 2007-06-07. 

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