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GATHERINGS178 Magnetic Fields
O F ALL THE CONTRASTS we have seen in the pairs and trios sculpture, audiences, and art in the landscape. The image
of drawings by masters and makers, perhaps these two are stands out among his more usual graphic works in which
the most extreme. In culture, meaning, and composition he hones and carves semi-abstract human forms.
they are polar opposites. The mournful gray landscape of
Henry Moore's northern British field has gathered by night Opposite, as if Moore's wrapping has been literally
an overcoated audience to stand and wait before a wrapped outstretched, a great Shoshone drawing blazes with the color,
and roped monument. This is an ironic drawing from heat, and action of a buffalo hunt. This is just one of many
Moore, a sculptor, expressing his dry humor about precious artifacts from a lost time, which still narrates vivid
days in the lives of an energetic nation.

HENRY MOORE Chalk and graphite This fog-bound but humorous gathering of Crowd Looking at Tied-up Object
British sculptor w h o trained and taught at the souls is made in graphite and colored chalk with gray wash. 1942
R C A , London. Moore toured Italy as a young man, Moore's spectators appear to have walked a long way from
a n d l o v e d t o d r a w in t h e BritishMuseum.The nowhere to witness and wait beside this mysterious obelisque. HENRY MOORE
human form was the vehicle of his expression and A glimmer of gold light appears from the left No explanation
h e w a s t h e official W o r l d W a r II artist. is given, and we, as fellow watchers, join in the waiting.