How did Henry Moore’s Lincoln Center sculpture connect the human body with landscape forms?

For his commission at Lincoln Center (1963–65), Henry Moore created a large-scale, multipart reclining female figure. Rather than designing a piece specifically tailored to the site, he utilized the opportunity to explore a long-standing imaginative concept on a grand scale.1

In this work, Moore employed symbolic correspondences to bridge the human body with the natural world. He drew parallels between the human form and various landscape elements, such as cliffs, caves, and hillsides, as well as organic structures like human and animal bones. This approach reflects his broader artistic practice, where he frequently abstracted the human figure to evoke the rhythmic, earthy qualities of the landscape.123