Henry Moore

Neuberger Museum of Art founding patron Roy R. Neuberger thought Moore was one of – if not the – greatest sculptors of this century. Neuberger and his wife, Marie, worked with the artist to secure the second cast of Moore’s Large Two Forms sculpture for the Neuberger Museum of Art.

Though Neuberger was less than pleased with the sculpture’s original placement on the campus mall, stating that it was too far from the Museum, students loved the location; alumni still fondly refer to the statue as a focal point of their memories on the new and still-developing campus.

In 1993, Large Two Forms was relocated to the campus entrance just off Anderson Hill Road where it has become an iconic symbol greeting students, faculty, staff, and visitors to Purchase College.

In addition to Large Two Forms at Purchase College, four of Moore’s large works are on view in The Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Garden on the grounds of PepsiCo’s Headquarters, and three in neighboring Sleepy Hollow, New York at the Kykuit Estate, home to four generations of the Rockefeller family.

Numerous examples of Moore’s artistry can be found across New York City, including multiple works on paper and sculptures in the collections at MoMA and The Met, and the large Reclining Figure (1963-1965) commissioned for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in Manhattan. Nearly 40 more objects can be found in New Haven, Connecticut at Yale University.