Ralph Brown. Sculpture & drawings

Article number 10159676

Ralph Brown. Sculpture & Drawings is an illustrated publication devoted to the work of British sculptor Ralph Brown, examining both his sculpture and drawings and their close relationship within his artistic practice. With contributions by Dennis Farr, Ruth Walton and Adam White, the catalogue places Brown's work within the development of postwar British sculpture and documents his sustained exploration of the human figure. Brown developed a highly individual figurative language in which the body is transformed through expressive modelling, compressed forms and an acute awareness of mass, movement and physical presence. His drawings reveal the importance of observation and graphic study to the development of his sculptural ideas and provide an additional perspective on his treatment of form and the figure. Published by The Henry Moore Centre for the Study of Sculpture in Leeds in 1988, the volume combines scholarly documentation with numerous illustrations of sculptures and works on paper. It is a valuable reference for collectors and researchers interested in Ralph Brown, modern British sculpture, figurative art, postwar British art, artists' drawings and the history of twentieth-century sculpture.