Henry moore´s the archer or archer (1964-65), bronze, outside neue nationalgallerie in berlin, in october 2004. The official name of the sculpture is two-way piece no. 2. Weight: 2. 5 tonnes, length: 340 cm, height: 325 cm. The first example was erected 1966 on nathan phillips square, outside the city hall of toronto in canada. The finnish architect, viljo revell, had asked moore to create a sculpture in line with the flowing lines of the town hall. There is also a working model (1964) in henry moore foundation, perry green, hertfordshire, great britain. Furthermore there is a series of the sculpure in lesser scale (ca. 90 cm), owned by i. A art gallery of ontario (toronto, canada), hirschhorn museum (part of the smithonian museums, washington d. C. , usa), tate gallery, london, great britain) and university of florida architecture and fine arts library. Gainesville, florida, usa). The didrichsen art museum in helsinki in finland has a 78 cm archer in marble in its collection.
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