Maquette for Hill Arches 1972
(LH 634)
bronze edition of 9
The Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977

SCULPTURE AS ARCHITECTURE
Moore described this work as 'a baroque sculpture for a Baroque church' when the enlarged version was sited in a reflecting pool in front of the great Baroque Karlskirche in Vienna.

The sculpture can be seen as an experiment with interlocking architectural forms, yet it began as a sculpture for landscape - a concept suggested in its title which combines 'hills' and 'arches'.