Best of British
Nicholas Penny, 2 December 1993
Glenkiln
by John McEwen and John Haddington.
Canongate, 96 pp., £20, November 1993,0 08 624324 1 Show More
by John McEwen and John Haddington.
Canongate, 96 pp., £20, November 1993,
Henry Moore: An Interpretation
by Peter Fuller, edited by Anthony O’Hear.
Methuen, 98 pp., £16, September 1993,9780413676207 Show More
by Peter Fuller, edited by Anthony O’Hear.
Methuen, 98 pp., £16, September 1993,
“... Henry Moore was attracted by the idea of monumentality. He tried hard, but with limited success, to find ways of incorporating his sculpture into modern buildings. He also had the attractive idea of locating some of his statues in remote settings, following the example of his friend the late Sir William Keswick, who placed four of Moore’s sculptures, as well as one by Rodin and one by Epstein, in the wild landscape of the estate he owned in south-west Scotland ... ”
