This masterpiece was created in honor of the British artist Henry Moore, recognized today as one of the most prominent abstract sculptors in the world. The pen is inspired by the work of the English artist with its forms that resemble the sculptures made by the artist, highlighting the biomorphic forms and expressive silhouettes of Moore’s works.
Henry Spencer Moore was born in Castleford, England (1898-1986). A British painter and sculptor received worldwide recognition after the Second World War, and now his works are presented in the largest museums in different countries. Born into an ordinary mining family, at the age of eleven he decided to become a sculptor after hearing about Michelangelo and his achievements.
Henry Moore participated in the First World War, was gassed in the battle at Cambrai. After the war, he studied at the Art College in Leeds and the Royal College of Art in London, where he taught from 1924 to 1932; he left his college only once to travel to Italy. He took a great interest in primitive sculpture, studied the ethnographic collection of the British Museum.
In the 1930s he turned to modernism, responding to the searches of Picasso, Arp, Giacometti, Brancusi, and other surrealists. After the Second World War, the themes of family and motherhood were developed in the first significant sculptural works of Moore’s work.
Moore’s personal exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York earned him the fame of one of the best masters of the 20th century. In 1948 he received an international prize at the Venice Biennale. Among his many works are sculptural compositions for the editorial office of the Times magazine in London, for the UNESCO building in Paris, the Lambert Bank in Brussels, the Lincoln Center in New York, and Martyrs Square in Luxembourg.
Moore’s works were made using the direct carving technique, but in the late 1940s, Moore began producing sculptures by molding the figure in clay or plaster before finishing the bronze work, using the lost wax casting technique or that of molding in sand.
Limited Edition 88
All the details featuring the Limited Edition Fountain Pen are dedicated to the artist’s work. The pen is made in the skeleton style, which combines the biomorphic design of the author’s forms and the precision internal piston mechanism. The main body is made of Au750 solid gold, while the surface of the barrel and the cap are made in such a way as to simulate the roughness of a stone surface – this slightly porous surface pays tribute to the natural materials that inspired the artist, especially the stones.
The top of the cap is wavy in the spirit of Moore’s creations, crowned with the mother-of-pearl Montblanc emblem, echoing an asymmetrical curve.
The Au750 gold nib has a unique pattern of intertwined pair of hands. The pattern is inspired by Moore’s many sketches and illustrations. In fact, hands in fine art have a special meaning: on the one hand – they are one of the most important tools of the artist, and on the other hand – the hands, like the eyes, are a mirror of the soul and one of the most difficult elements of a rendering portrait.
The Fountain Pen Limited to only 88 pieces commemorates the number of years the Artist lived.
Launch 2015
Fountain Pen
