ID: 700000137 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700000137	Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1

Large Arch (monumental sculpture; Henry Moore (British sculptor, 1898-1986); installed in 1971; Columbus (Bartholomew, Indiana, United States, North and Cen...)

Note: Abstract bronze sculpture of an arch created by Henry Moore. Facture: sandcast in 50 sections and then assembled on site; the surface of the sculpture is smooth with little evidence of the joins. The surface of the sculpture was originally patinated green, and was expected to change very little with age, although some areas turned bluish over time. The shape of the sculpture suggests human hip and leg bones, while the negative space on the interior of the arch suggests an abstracted human torso with head. I.M. Pei had the idea of a large work of art to sit in the Fifth Street public plaza that would pull together the space between his newly built Cleo Rogers Memorial Library, the Irwin Gardens by Henry A. Phillips (just east of the library) and the First Christian Church by Eliel Saarinen (across the street).

Titles:

Large Arch (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

monumental sculpture [300400887] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by form>)

outdoor sculpture [300047180]

..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>, sculpture (visual works), <sculpture by location or context>)

Classifications:

sculptures (preferred)

Modern art

Creation Date: installed in 1971

Creator Display:

Henry Moore (British sculptor, 1898-1986) [preferred,VP]

sculptor Moore, Henry (English sculptor, 1898-1986) [500032596]

patron Miller, J. Irwin (American industrialist, philanthropist, 1909-2004) [500205013]

patron Miller, Xenia Simons (American philanthropist, 1918-2008) [500372638]

Locations:

Current: Columbus [7013644] Bartholomew county (county), Indiana (state), United States (nation), North and Central America (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 39°12′13.37″N 85°55′6.97″W; Bartholomew County Public Library Plaza, 536 5th Street

Creation: Deutschland [7000084] Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: sand-cast bronze, green patina

	bronze (metal) [300010957]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <copper and copper alloy>, copper alloy)

	sand casting [300053119]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, forming (physical activity), casting (process))

	patina (condition) [300065245]
	.......(Physical Attributes Facet, Conditions and Effects (hierarchy name), <conditions and effects by specific type>)

Dimensions: 6.25 x 3.66 m (20 feet 6 inches x 12 feet); 4.99 metric tons (5.5 tons)

Cultures:

British (preferred)

General Subject:

nonrepresentational art (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	arch [300000994]
	.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, architectural elements, <structural elements and components for structural elements>, structural elements, <spanning and projecting structural elements>, <arches and arch components>) (AAT)

	bones (material) [300011798]
	.....(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, combination inorganic/organic material, combination inorganic/organic animal material, <bone and bone components materials>) (AAT)

Inscriptions: Inscription: Moore's signature appears at the base of Large Arch; also the foundry mark "H. Noack" in Berlin

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: carvings and sculptures

Sources and Contributors:
Large Arch	........ [VP]
	........ CDWA online (1995-)
	........ Columbus, Indiana [online] (2000-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... CDWA online (1995-)
	..... Columbus, Indiana [online] (2000-)