HENRY MOORE: THE FEMALE FORM

HENRY MOORE: THE FEMALE FORM

3^rd June-28^th August 2026

Richard Green Gallery, 147 New Bond Street, London W1S 2RS

THE COLLECTION

The exhibition will feature 14 small-scale bronzes (maquettes) for sale, solely owned by the Richard Green gallery. The sculptures’ figurative subjects are in majority female figures and include Moore’s timeless themes of the Madonna and child, Family groups and Reclining figures, dating from the 1940s up to the 1980s.

EXPERT INTRODUCTION & EXHIBITION OPENING

A fully illustrated catalogue of the exhibition will feature an introduction by David Mitchinson, former Head of Collections & Exhibitions at The Henry Moore Foundation and author of several books on the artist’s life and work, who will also open the exhibition.

HISTORIC PROVENANCE & INSTITUTIONAL LINKS

Notable provenance for individual works includes, David Astor (1912-2001), Sir Duncan Oppenheim (1904-2003), Baron Kenneth Clark (1903-1983) and Joseph H Hirshhorn (1899-1981) and The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC. Numerous international museum collections hold large-scale works related to the sculptures on view in the exhibition, including the Henry Moore Foundation; Tate, London; National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh; Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; National Gallery of Canada, Ontario.

FROM MAQUETTE TO PUBLIC MONUMENT

The majority of works are linked to larger public sculptures and commissions such as Madonna and child, 1943-44, St Matthew’s Church, Northampton; the Harlow Family group, 1954-55; Memorial figure, Dartington Hall, 1945-46; Draped reclining figure, 1952-53, Time-Life Building; Reclining Figure: Festival, 1951, for the Festival of Britain now at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.

HENRY MOORE IN FOCUS

The Richard Green gallery exhibition coincides with the largest ever presentation of outdoor artworks by Moore, Henry Moore: Monumental Nature at Kew Gardens (9^th May 2026-31^st January 2027) and Henry Moore and More at Wakehurst.