String theory: Spanish refugees inspired Henry Moore’s 1930s stringed sculptures

People tend to associate the British artist Henry Moore (1898-1986) with the monumental bronzes for which he is famous. Words such as tiny, purple and yellow do not immediately spring to mind, but that is precisely what visitors to the San Diego Museum of Arts new interactive Visible Vaults gallery can expect to find. One of the US museums latest acquisitions is a six-inch-tall bronze sculpture with purple and yellow strings from a small but important series of experimental stringed sculptures t