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.
Alma Allen (artist) Alma Allen (artist) Alma Allen (born 1970 in Salt Lake City, Utah) is an American sculptor who lives and works in Joshua Tree, California. Carved from foraged wood and stone or cast in bronze, Allen's sculptures range in scale from thimble-sized fetishes to half ton pseudo-figures. Though made of the densest materials, the highly polished works appear to be in states of silent, inchoate movement. The "New York Times" described the shapes as "sensuous biomorphic forms," and 2014 Whitney Biennial co-curator Michelle Grabner located the oeurve as "an offspring of Brancusi and early 20th century abstraction." Grabner selected three of