King and Queen (sculpture)

King and Queen at Glenkiln, Dumfries, Scotland

King and Queen in the Hirshhorn Museum's Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.

King and Queen (LH 350) is a bronze sculpture by Henry Moore, designed in 1952. It depicts two figures, one male and one female, seated beside each other on a bench. Several casts were made in 1953, and one further cast in 1957.^[1]

Moore made a maquette in 1952, and the first full-size cast was commissioned for Middelheim Museum in Antwerp.^[2] A cast was made for the Glenkiln Sculpture Park,^[3] and one is installed at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C.^[4] Another cast is displayed at the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green, Hertfordshire.^[5]

A further cast was made for the Tate Gallery in 1957.^[1]

The cast in Dumfries was decapitated in 1995.^[6]

See also

• 1952 in art

References

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  King and Queen in the MOA Museum of Art, Japan

Henry Moore
Sculptures	Three Standing Figures 1947 Reclining Figure: Festival King and Queen Draped Reclining Figure, 1952–53 Large Interior Form, 1953-54 Upright Motive No. 1: Glenkiln Cross Seated Woman, 1957 Draped Seated Woman 1957–58 Draped Reclining Woman 1957–58 Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65 Three-Piece Reclining Figure No. 2: Bridge Prop Man Enters the Cosmos Three-Way Piece: Points Two-Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 Nuclear Energy Spindle Piece Three-Piece No. 3: Vertebrae (Working Model) Three Piece Sculpture: Vertebrae Reclining Figure 1969–70 Two-Piece Reclining Figure: Points Sheep Piece 1971–72 Large Four Piece Reclining Figure 1972–73 Hill Arches 1973 Goslar Warrior 1973–1974 Three-Piece Reclining Figure: Draped 1975 The Arch 1979–1980
Assistants	Anthony Caro Phillip King Richard Wentworth Isaac Witkin
Associated with	Barbara Hepworth
Supporters	Kenneth Clark
Institutions	Henry Moore Foundation