| Three Way Piece No.1: Points | |
|---|---|
 Franklin Parkway nearLogan Square, Philadelphia | |
| Artist | Henry Moore |
| Year | 1967 (1967) |
| Catalogue | LH 533 |
| Medium | bronze |
| Dimensions | 192 cm (76 in) |
Three-Way Piece No.1: Points (LH 533)[1] is a bronzeabstract sculpture byHenry Moore. Three full-size sculptures were cast in 1967, one installed on theColumbia University campus inUpper Manhattan,New York City, and the others atDes Moines Art Center, andFairmount Park inPhiladelphia.
Casts of a related bronze sculpture,Three Way Piece No.2: Archer, are displayed atNathan Phillips Square outsideToronto City Hall, Canada, and in theNational Gallery, Berlin, Germany.
The sculpture is based on a piece offlint with three prongs.[2]Moore intended to create a sculpture that could be placed in a variety of different orientations, and which would still work when viewed from different angles. The title refers to the points of the flint, and the intention that the sculpture would be effective in three orientations.
Moore first created a plaster maquette (LH 531) in 1964. Moore scaled the maquette up into a larger plaster version, now held by theArt Gallery of Ontario but damaged beyond repair in 1974, which was cast as a 30 inches (760 mm) bronze working model (LH 532) in an edition of seven (plus one artists model) in 1964. One example is held by theTate Gallery inLondon, England. This model was scaled up to the full-size sculpture (LH 533), cast in an edition of three. The full-size bronze was too large and heavy to be moved into different positions by one person.[3]
The full-sizebronze sculpture is approximately 6 feet (1.8 m) tall and has a diameter of 7 feet 8 inches (2.34 m). The three casts are displayed atFairmount Park in Philadelphia,[4](39°57′19.9″N75°10′0.5″W / 39.955528°N 75.166806°W /39.955528; -75.166806) and atColumbia University,[5] (40°48′27.0″N73°57′37.8″W / 40.807500°N 73.960500°W /40.807500; -73.960500) with the third atDes Moines Art Center since 1998.[6] (41°35′3.9″N93°40′53.6″W / 41.584417°N 93.681556°W /41.584417; -93.681556)
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Moore used a similar process to create a second three-way sculpture, known asThree Way Piece No.2: Archer, with a similar edition of seven plus one working models (LH 534) and two full-size casts (LH 535): one installed atNathan Phillips Square outsideToronto City Hall,[7] (43°39′10.2″N79°23′2.5″W / 43.652833°N 79.384028°W /43.652833; -79.384028) and the other in theNational Gallery, Berlin.[8][9] (52°30′26.1″N13°22′6.0″E / 52.507250°N 13.368333°E /52.507250; 13.368333)
The example at Columbia University has a granite base which measures approximately 2 feet, 8 inches and has a diameter of 7 feet, 7 inches.[10] It was dedicated on October 3, 1973. It was surveyed and deemed "treatment needed" bySmithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!" program in February 1993.[10]
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