Hi All, Some months ago the whereabouts of Henri Moore's sundials were discussed on this list. I can't find right now who started the discussion, due to failure of the archive's search facility, but Willy Leenders and Thierry van Steenberghe were among the discussants.
As the matter was not completely clarified, I e-mailed to the Henri Moore Foundation (www.henry-moore-fdn.co.uk/hmf/ ) and got the following response from the Curator, Ms. Anita Feldman Bennet. Thank you, Ms. Feldman! The dial now in the IBM campus in Belgium appears to be the one that stood in front of the Times building in London. Regards, Frans Maes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dr Maes Thank you for your interest in the sundial by Henry Moore. Moore created two versions of the sundial: Working Model for Sundial 1965 LH 527 height 56cm bronze edition of 21 cast: Noack, Berlin One of these casts is in the Foundation's collection, while all remaining casts are in private collections so far as we are aware. It is possible that one cast, which was originally sold to Joseph Hirshhorn, may now be in the Hirshhorn Museum. Another cast was sold Christie's London 23 October 1998 for £15,000. Sundial 1965-66 LH 528 height 366cm bronze edition of 1 + 1 cast: Noack, Berlin In 1966 Gavin Astor commissioned Moore to create a larger version for the Times Building in London (New Printing House Square). This is the cast that is now at the IBM building near Brussels. The artist's copy was sold by Moore to the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and installed in 1980. Yours sincerely Anita Feldman Bennet Curator --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ===================================== Frans W. Maes Peize, The Netherlands 53.1 N, 6.5 E www.biol.rug.nl/maes/sundials/ =====================================
