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‘Bronze Cross’ was bought by Harlow Art Trust in 1963 with the help of a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. This totemic bronze is also known as ‘Upright Motive No. 2’, as it is part of a series of works Moore made in the mid-1950s. The title given to the Harlow sculpture was agreed after consultation with Moore. By 1963, Harlow’s Water Gardens and Civic Centre had been completed and the Trust wanted its most prestigious sculptures to be located in this area. Negotiations for the purchasing of the sculpture were done through Sir Philip Hendy and Moore insisted on the location of the work – an open space with a dramatic vista. ‘Upright Motif No. 2’ serves as a good example of how a sculpture’s surroundings can change.
In 1954, Moore was commissioned to make a sculpture for the courtyard of the Olivetti building in Milan, where ‘a lone Lombardy poplar growing behind the building convinced me that a vertical work would act as the correct counterfoil to the horizontal rhythm of the building... I started by balancing different forms one above the other – with results rather like North American totem poles – but as I continued the attempt gained more unity, also perhaps became more organic.’ Although the project was never realised, the maquettes that Moore created became the impetus for the ‘Upright Motive’ series.
Title
Upright Motive No. 2
Date
c.1955–1963
Medium
bronze
Measurements
H 330 x W (?) x D (?) cm
Accession number
CM20_TJ_S044
Acquisition method
purchased by Harlow Art Trust with the assistance of a grant from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 1963
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Harlow Art Trust
Custodian
Harlow Art Trust
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
1963
Access
at all times
Water Gardens, Harlow
CM20 1AQ
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