Calvarie Three upright motives door Henry Moore, 1955-56 / 1965 Nr 1
(Glenkiln Cross), nr 2 en nr 7 Golgotha Henry Moore: “In 1955 I was asked to consider making a sculpture for a
courtyard of a new building [Olivetti]
in Milan. I visited the site and 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. This idea grew
ultimately into the ‘Upright Motifs’. Back home in England I began the series of maquettes. – I started
balancing different forms one above the other, - with results rather like the
North-West American totem poles, - but as I continued the attempt gained more
unity, also perhaps more organic, - and then one in particular (later to be
named ‘Glenkiln Cross’), took on the shape of a crucifix, - a kind of worn
down body and a cross merged into one.” Naar aanleiding van de opdracht
in Milaan maakte Moore uiteindelijk twaalf verticale vormen die hij in brons
liet gieten. Drie van deze beelden voegde hij samen tot de Otterlo-groep.
Oorspronkelijk heette de beeldengroep ‘The crucifixtion’, het verwees naar
Golgotha, maar Moore veranderde toch de titel omdat hij niet gelovig was en
‘did not want to play about with borrowed symbols’.
Moore ontwierp de sokkel Henry Moore (1898-1986) Museum Kröller Müller, Otterlo, de Hoge Veluwe: Wikipedia Foto’s: maart 2016 Startpagina Buitenbeeldinbeeld Startpagina beeldenpark Kröller Müller |