An exhibition of sculpture and drawings.

Following the tour of Yugoslavia the exhibition was shown in Basle on its return to the UK. Two large plaster casts, Three standing figures in Battersea Park and of the Draped Reclining Figure in the Time-Life Building, were added to the exhibition for the Canadian tour. The works were shipped from Vancouver to New Zealand to be shown in four venues, and then sent to South Africa for a nine month tour.

Following the South African showings, the exhibition was shown in Spain and Portugal with the addition of a plaster cast of the King and Queen

A catalogue (Serbo-Croat only), with an introduction by Herbert Read, an essay by Karel Dobida and a small selection of Henry Moore's writings, was published to accompany the show in Yugoslavia. No ISBN number. A leaflet/catalogue, published by the British Council, for use in Canada and New Zealand was published, and a separate edition for South Africa and Rhodesia was also published by the British Council. No ISBN numbers. A Porrtuguese version was published by the Secretario Nacional da Informaçâo for the showings in Lisbon and Oporto, and a Spanish language version for the showings in Madrid and Barcelona.

In Switzerland an exhibition of works by Oskar Schlemmer was shown simultaneously by the Kunsthalle Basel

 

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Glossary

  • Cast

    To form material such as molten metal, liquid plaster or liquid plastic into a three-dimensional shape, by pouring into a mould. Also see Lost-wax casting.

  • 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.

  • Sculpture

    A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.