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Figures on a Red Ground, Henry Moore, 1955
Henry Moore, portraitHenry MooreEnglish, 1898–1986

Figures on a Red Ground

1955 · Drawing

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National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.

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3 days ago
In this state since
Aug 19, 2026
Source
The museum
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Particulars

1955 · aged 57
18981986
Accession number
2020.169.8

In the catalog

Drawings & watercolorsWatercolourPost-war art20th centuryContemporary artSurrealismPrimitivismCatalan modernism

Sources

  • National Gallery of Art
  • Image: National Gallery of Art — © the artist or rights holder

Meanwhile, in the life of Henry Moore

The whole life
  1. 1940–1986

    A bomb in Hampstead: the move to Hoglands

    In September 1940 bomb shrapnel hit the Moores’ Hampstead home and they left London for Hoglands, a farmhouse in the hamlet of Perry Green near Much Hadham in Hertfordshire. It remained Moore’s home and workshop for the rest of his life; though he grew wealthy he never felt the need to move to larger premises.

  2. 1950s

    Assistants at Much Hadham

    In the 1950s the scale of Moore’s sculptures grew so much that he took on a growing number of assistants at Much Hadham, among them Anthony Caro, Roland Piché, Maurice Lowe and Richard Wentworth.

  3. 1953

    The São Paulo Biennale prize

    In 1953 Moore received an international prize at the São Paulo Biennale, following his Venice prize of 1948.

  4. 16 July 1955 – 18 September 1955

    Exhibition: documenta

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Helmet Head Number 1, Henry Moore, 1950

Helmet Head Number 1

1950 · The Museum of Modern Art

Three Motives Against Wall, Number 1, Henry Moore, 1958

Three Motives Against Wall, Number 1

1958 · National Gallery of Art

Seated Woman, Henry Moore, designed 1958–1959; cast 1975

Seated Woman

designed 1958–1959; cast 1975 · J. Paul Getty Museum

Stone Memorial, Henry Moore, 1961/1969

Stone Memorial

1961/1969 · National Gallery of Art

Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece, Henry Moore, 1976-1978

Knife Edge Mirror Two Piece

1976-1978 · National Gallery of Art

Bronze Form, Henry Moore, 1985

Bronze Form

1985 · J. Paul Getty Museum

Warrior with Shield, Henry Moore, 1953–54

Warrior with Shield

1953–54 · Minneapolis Institute of Art

Helmet Head, Henry Moore, 1952

Helmet Head

1952 · The Cleveland Museum of Art

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Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478

Leonardo da Vinci

Ginevra de' Benci [obverse], c. 1474/1478

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1474/1478

Leonardo da Vinci

Wreath of Laurel, Palm, and Juniper with a Scroll inscribed Virtutem Forma Decorat [reverse], c. 1474/1478

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Green Wheat Fields, Auvers, 1890

Girl in White, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Girl in White, 1890

Roses, Vincent van Gogh, 1890

Vincent van Gogh

Roses, 1890

Self-Portrait, Vincent van Gogh, 1889

Vincent van Gogh

Self-Portrait, 1889

Farmhouse in Provence, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Vincent van Gogh

Farmhouse in Provence, 1888

La Mousmé, Vincent van Gogh, 1888

Vincent van Gogh

La Mousmé, 1888