Knife Edge Two Piece Sculpture is a Grade II* listed building in the Westminster local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 January 2016. A Modern Sculpture.

Knife Edge Two Piece Sculpture

WRENN ID: burning-postern-nettle
Grade: II*
Local Planning Authority: Westminster
Country: England
Date first listed: 19 January 2016
Type: Sculpture
Period: Modern
Source: Historic England listing

Description

Knife Edge Two Piece sculpture, executed 1962-64, erected 1967, by Henry Moore.

MATERIALS: the sculpture is cast in bronze and sits upon a rectangular concrete pedestal faced in granite.

DESCRIPTION: a fully abstract work consisting of two curvaceous forms separated by a narrow diagonal gap. c2.75m high and 3.6m long, on a 70cm high pedestal inscribed: ‘KNIFE EDGE BY HENRY MOORE / PRESENTED TO THE NATION BY / THE CONTEMPORARY ART / SOCIETY AND THE SCULPTOR 1967’.

This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/05/2016

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