Henry Moore Tapestries

by Ann Garrould and Valerie Power

Renowned throughout the world for his sculpture and drawings, Henry Moore was one of the few modern artists to extend his work into the realm of tapestry. This is the only book to deal exclusively with Moore’s tapestries. Ann Garrould places the tapestries in the context of Moore’s work, discussing the drawings chosen and the way in which the subjects reflect Moore’s three “obsessions”: the mother and child, the reclining human figure, and the larger form enclosing the smaller. Valerie Power describes the production of the tapestries, from the dyeing of the wools and the interpretation of the drawing in consultation with Henry Moore, to the final weaving process.

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