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For this sculpture, Moore used a new working method that he would continue to use for his later works, starting with initial sketches before making plaster maquettes, then creating a small bronze working model which would be enlarged to create the full-size final cast. Moore made his sketches and
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maquettes in 1950 (LH 292a, b and LH 292). A key plaster model measuring 105.5 × 227 × 89 centimetres (41.5 × 89.4 × 35.0 in) was donated to the
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produced a television documentary for the BBC about Moore which included the making of the sculpture, from the initial sketches to the casting of the full-size bronze.
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holes were features in themselves. Now the space and form are so naturally fused that they are one." (quoted at the Tate)
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