knife edge piece knife edge piece abstract bronze sculpture moore earliest sculptures pieces mode started adopt form inspired shape bone fragment moore created sculpture edition working models working models public collections moore created size casts retained casts public display westminster london queen vancouver garden house family new_york moore cast display studio estate southern england similar work mirror knife edge knife edge mirror piece displayed entrance east wing washington cast donated moore believed city london actual ownership years westminster cast subsequently fell disrepair restored granted grade listing january background moore moving earlier works directly inspired human form surfaces rounded abstract shapes inspired shapes stones bones moore connected work inspired bone standing figure knife edge working model moore created edition working models new piece sculpture london acquired small working model working models collections rochester new_york moore planned size sculpture feet high large person walk elements sculpture size sculpture cast edition retained artist moore inspired strength bone fragment creating piece size sculptures centimetres long weighing tonnes tons cast berlin second cast work located street gardens better known size casts located near queen vancouver donated near rose garden family house new_york moore donated artist copy displayed moore larger reversed version sculpture mirror knife edge piece feet weighs short tons commissioned entrance east wing washington work carefully cleaned year maintain distinction shiny surfaces artist intended westminster cast second cast knife edge piece located street gardens known opposite palace westminster london whitney straight chairman wrote minister state public buildings works tell society considering possibility making gift substantial work art erected suitable site london met discuss proposal moore subsequently chose site street gardens sculpture moore waived usual fee paid cost casting sculpture unveiled minister public building works september moore liked site visit alternative site felt sculpture lost big park recalling experience trying find sculpture park welcomed fact sculpture public path seating nearby allow compared gardens favourably setting equestrian statue charles order look closely appreciate detail risk life crossing maze traffic sculpture disliked asking parliament lovely westminster looks like crashed unidentified flying object moore believed donated work believed owned delivery accepted works land situated second world war owned operates car park underneath sculpture moved placed formal arrangements ownership care knife edge piece fell state disrepair worth estimated conservation work took place sculpture ownership unresolved house_of_commons agreed responsibility knife edge piece entered parliamentary art collection granted grade listing january restoration chair house works art committee concerned appearance sculpture minister culture communications creative industries plans care maintenance replied house_of_commons ownership statue responsibility care subsequently described knife edge piece televised works art london restoration work originally planned completed time summer olympics london begun february lack maintenance protective covering knife edge piece degraded exposed surface sculpture elements resulted bronze metal subsequent deterioration years graffiti surface resulted conservation aimed remove remaining protective surface dirt remove result sculpture surface bare metal following removal graffiti sculpture return original colour finally surface protect future damage conservation work undertaken working consultation cost conservation contributed
Knife Edge Two Piece 1962–65