1936 was the year in which Henry Moores work was first seen in the USA, he was included in an exhibition entitled 'Cubism and Abstract Art' at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
In London he lived in Hampstead, where he came together with the group which included Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and the critic Herbert Read.
in 1941 Henry Moore's studio in Hampstead was damaged by bombing during the Blitz. After that he moved to Hertfordshire.