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Article: Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th century. (Art).(National Gallery of Art exhibition, Washington D. C.)(Brief Article)
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- December 1, 2001
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National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; through January 27
If you'd met him before his death in 1986, you might not have guessed Henry Moore was an international art celebrity. By most accounts, the unassuming son of a York shire coal miner was soft spoken and free of bombast, even turning down a knighthood. However, over the course of his long career, he carved an enduring legacy as Britain's most famous--and controversial--sculptor and one of the most influential artists of the modern era. His work was sought to crown public spaces and decorate landmark buildings worldwide, and when architect I.M. Pei was asked to design the National Gallery of Art's modernist ...