![SEATED FIGURE II : PINK BACKGROUND](http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/media/w540h540/collection/P5191.jpg)
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SEATED FIGURE II : PINK BACKGROUND 1974
Henry Moore (1898 – 1986)
Details
- Dimension
- 49.5 X 42.5 CM
- Media
- LITHOGRAPH
- Accession number
- P5191
Summary
These works were intended as a small album from the start and was one of two published directly by the artist, during a period of great demand for his work. The seated figures were taken from ideas in a sketchbook and are of rather static matriarchal women, similar to a maquette of a seated woman which was in the graphic studio at the time. The album of six lithographs was published by the artist in an edition of 50.
Glossary
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Edition
All copies of a book, print, portfolio, sculpture, etc., issued or produced at one time or from a single set of type. Printed works can be made in an edition of between one and many thousands of copies. With most printing techniques the plate or screen will become worn if very many prints are made, so to maintain quality (and exclusivity) editions of original prints are usually kept below one hundred copies and normally average between thirty and fifty copies. Prints made up of several different plates can be extremely complicated and time-consuming to edition, so in these cases editions are kept low for practical reasons. Sculptural editions are a set of cast sculptures taken from the same mould or master. These editions are usually much lower, consisting of no more than six casts. Though each cast in an edition might have a lower value than a unique piece, it may be a more effective way of offsetting costs of an expensive process such as bronze casting.