Christopher Logue

1959, Moody created a concrete portrait of the poet, playwright, and political activist Christopher Logue (1926–2011). In a letter inviting Luis Wulff to the Portrait Sculptors exhibition press view later that year, Moody noted that Logue had recently written lyrics for The Lily White Boys, set to be staged at the Court Theatre the following year, and had recorded Red Bird: Jazz and Poetry with musician Tony Kinsey—a blend of jazz and Logue’s versions of Pablo Neruda’s poems.

Logue was an early pioneer of poetry posters and a lifelong advocate for performance verse. He published numerous collections of politically engaged, jazz‑inflected poetry, and is best known for War Music, his modern reimagining of Homer’s Iliad. Retaining the original narrative while reshaping it through translation, adaptation, and invention, Logue drew on his own wartime experience and distinctive dramatic voice to reinvigorate the ancient epic.

Moody exhibited his portrait of Logue in the 1959 Annual Portrait Sculptors exhibition. By this time, he was working confidently in concrete during what has been described as his “concrete period,” which lasted around twelve years.