Reclining Figure 1939 Reclining Figure 1939 Reclining Figure 1939 (LH 210) is an elmwood sculpture by Henry Moore. It is an abstracted reclining human figure, with looped head, shoulders, and sinuous body and limbs. The sculpture draws on Moore's small terracotta 1938 "Reclining Figure" ( long, now lost) which was cast in bronze (LH 185, in an edition of 7+1: seven casts for sale, and one artist's copy). Moore scaled up the earlier sculpture up to carve in wood, creating a unique work which measures . It is one of six large reclining figures in elmwood carved by Moore between 1935 and 1978.
Two Figures first instance on record of Hepworth’s "Two Figures" theme was a wooden artwork from 1947-1948. Artworks done in this theme she considered to represent a relationship between two living things, as opposed to her solo figures which represent a human standing in a landscape. Hepworth’s bronze castings were often made from wooden originals, and even within large additions there was often intentional color variation. The signature on the back reads "Barbara Hepworth 1968 6/7." As indicated by the signature on the artwork, the IMA's version of "Two Figures" is the sixth of seven castings. It was produced through the Morris