Henry Moore Works in Public
This is a guide to Moore's sculptures on public display throughout the world. We strive to ensure that all information is accurate, however we recommend that you contact each venue before making a visit. Please also contact us if you spot any mistakes. In some instances it has not been possible to source an image of the actual sculpture in-situ, and on such occasions an alternative image has been used.
Prato
Piazza san Marco
Rio Serra marble
height 545cm
Square Form with Cut went from my studio at Much Hadham to Forte dei Marmi, where I spend the summers. I made the model in polystyrene, and I began the marble version at the Henraux marble works in Querceta. I made it first in polystyrene because you can’t find a piece of sound marble that size. I decided to make it like a building. Nobody expects to make a building in one piece, and in the same way you can make sculptures in pieces. All the pieces had to be numbered so that you could put them up – like number 1 and 1-A for the first layer and so on. We made the marble pieces just like the model. You see, in a piece this size, it’s like building a cathedral.
Henry Moore quoted in Intellectual Digest, August 1972, p.41