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The hands: After years of creating masive pieces of sculpture, Henry Moore's sensitive, surprisingly small hands remain those of a young man, strong and un-gnarled by age
The hands: After years of creating masive pieces of sculpture, Henry Moore's sensitive, surprisingly small hands remain those of a young man, strong and un-gnarled by age

The hands: After years of creating masive pieces of sculpture, Henry Moore's sensitive, surprisingly small hands remain those of a young man, strong and un-gnarled by age

Date8/23/1969
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Original Toronto Star caption: The hands: After years of creating masive pieces of sculpture, Henry Moore's sensitive, surprisingly small hands remain those of a young man, strong and un-gnarled by age.
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    ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
    CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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    Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
    Object NumberTSPA_0069178F
    Get me to the church on time! Leaving this 23-year-old groom-to-be in Nathan Phillips Square, with hands bound, legs manacled to Henry Moore's sculptu(...)
    Get me to the church on time! Leaving this 23-year-old groom-to-be in Nathan Phillips Square, with hands bound, legs manacled to Henry Moore's sculptu(...)
    Dutton, Don
    8/11/1967
    Moore's hand-book of Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa, containing a brief description of those cities and the chief places of interest, giving also tariff (...)
    Moore's hand-book of Montreal, Quebec and Ottawa, containing a brief description of those cities and the chief places of interest, giving also tariff (...)
    British American Advertising & Circular Delivery Agency
    1860
    Patching up moore sculpture. Damaged by a skidding car during a snowstorm last April, Henry Moore's sculpture Two Forms was moved yesterday from concr(...)
    Patching up moore sculpture. Damaged by a skidding car during a snowstorm last April, Henry Moore's sculpture Two Forms was moved yesterday from concr(...)
    Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
    9/9/1976
    Education at home, or, A father's instructions : consisting of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons, from ten to twelve years of age
    Education at home, or, A father's instructions : consisting of miscellaneous pieces for the instruction and amusement of young persons, from ten to twelve years of age
    Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
    1824
    Handcuffed Hands Raised in the air, these men are some of those arrested after the Glenelg was attacked
    Handcuffed Hands Raised in the air, these men are some of those arrested after the Glenelg was attacked
    Toronto Star (Firm)
    4/23/1948
    Two young technicians from sculptor Henry Moore's studio in England, Malcolm Woodward and Michael Muller, yesterday started cleaning Moore's Large Two(...)
    Two young technicians from sculptor Henry Moore's studio in England, Malcolm Woodward and Michael Muller, yesterday started cleaning Moore's Large Two(...)
    Art Gallery of Ontario
    10/10/1974
    On his second day home, after five years as Canadian high commissioner in London, Paul martin was back mainstreeting in Windsor. Hands popped forth fr(...)
    On his second day home, after five years as Canadian high commissioner in London, Paul martin was back mainstreeting in Windsor. Hands popped forth fr(...)
    Combs, Erin
    11/15/1979
    Treating the trauma: Dr. James Murray, head of Sunnybrook Medical Centre's hand unit straps a finger manipluator onto the palm of 23-year-old John Boothby of Orilla. Boothby's right hand was smashed in an car accident in June, 1982. There were 23 different pieces of bone. Says Murray: . . . the hand is such an important part of the body, not just physically but aesthetically.
    Treating the trauma: Dr. James Murray, head of Sunnybrook Medical Centre's hand unit straps a finger manipluator onto the palm of 23-year-old John Boothby of Orilla. Boothby's right hand was smashed in an car accident in June, 1982. There were 23 different pieces of bone. Says Murray: . . . the hand is such an important part of the body, not just physically but aesthetically.
    Bull, Ron
    1/1/1984
    Wringing piece of paper with his hands, Alderman Ben Grys today announces he has launched Ontario Supreme Court action to get ''a judicial determinati(...)
    Wringing piece of paper with his hands, Alderman Ben Grys today announces he has launched Ontario Supreme Court action to get ''a judicial determinati(...)
    City council members
    7/5/1971
    Sedate image is presented by Mrs. Pierre Trudeau, her hands in her lap, wearing a demure two-piece off-white suit as she appears at a press conference(...)
    Sedate image is presented by Mrs. Pierre Trudeau, her hands in her lap, wearing a demure two-piece off-white suit as she appears at a press conference(...)
    Bull, Ron
    9/14/1972
    Take this loveseat and . . . Metro Councillor Howard Moscoe takes matters into his own hands yesterday to move a much-disputed piece of furniture from his Bay St. office
    Take this loveseat and . . . Metro Councillor Howard Moscoe takes matters into his own hands yesterday to move a much-disputed piece of furniture from his Bay St. office
    Moscoe, Howard
    4/4/1989
    A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)
    A man who held police at bay all night on a west-end rooftop raises his hands in surrender after being blasted with tear gas as a member of the emerge(...)
    Spremo, Boris
    8/19/1988