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Why did Henry Moore begin carving stone again near the Carrara quarries in Italy?
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Henry Moore
Henry Moore in his studio, mid-1960s; photo by Gisèle Freund.
Beginning in 1965, Henry Moore maintained a summer cottage at Forte dei Marmi, Italy, located near the Carrara stone quarries. He began creating stone carvings again during this period with the assistance of local Italian workers, who helped him manage the more laborious and time-consuming aspects of the sculpting process.1