Upright Motive No. 9 by Henry Moore

Upright Motive No. 9 by Henry Moore

Upright Motive No. 9 part of Henry Moore’s Upright Motives series that began when he was working on a design for the English Electric Company Headquarters in London in 1954. A subsequent commission led to further explorations of organic, upright forms as the ideal counterbalance to the strong, geometric and often horizontal planes of an architectural setting.

British sculptor Henry Moore was born in Yorkshire in 1898. He is renowned for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures that explore similarities between nature and the human body. He died in 1986.