These priceless Henry Moore sculptures are all free to view in and around London
When Henry Moore’s eight-foot bronze Reclining Figure: Festival sold at a New York auction house for £19.1m in 2012, it made him the second most expensive British artist of the 20th century, ahead of Lucian Freud and Damien Hirst. With this fact in mind, it’s amazing that so many of his sculptures are still freely accessible to the public. That’s the way Moore would have wanted it, of course: he sold or gifted many of his sculptures on the proviso they were placed in public spaces for all to enjoy.
WEST WIND 1928-29, ST JAMES’ PARK STATION
KNIFE EDGE TWO PIECE 1962-65, PARLIAMENT SQUARE
TWO PIECE RECLINING FIGURE NO1, CHELSEA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN
THREE STANDING FIGURES 1947, BATTERSEA PARK
LARGE SPINDLE PIECE 1974, KINGS CROSS SQUARE
LOCKING PIECE 1963-64, WHITEHALL