Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Shakespeare Hamlet: 10 drawings and cover bas-relief by Henry Moore.
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Also received 1994 are four drawings by Moore in reproduction on card and described as "Landscapes...Moore drawings not included in any book (See 0015852). These had been cited as a 1982 portfolio."
Bib. Number0015878
Shakespeare Hamlet: 10 drawings and cover bas-relief by Henry Moore.
PublisherDelfino-Edizioni d'Arte
Place PublishedRome
Year1985
Date & Collation8pp(3 illus).
LanguageEnglish
More InformationProspectus for 0013979 incorporating two views of the book in its stand, and a photograph depicting the drawings. The details of the print run of 1550 copies are given in English, There are short statements from Stanley Wells and John Gielgud in English and Italian. The Wells text reads:The ten, late drawings by Henry Moore reproduced in this splendid volume demonstrate a previously unsuspected spiritual kinship between one of the greatest visual artists of the twentieth century and the enduring genius of Skakespeare. Henry Moore's art, like Shakespeare's has a mythical quality. Shunning literalism, it reaches deep into the collective unconscious to create timelessly moving images. The juxtaposition of his drawings with the text of Hamlet shows that besides tapping the well-springs of his own creativity, they also reach towards the heart of the mystery that Shakespeare articulates in both Hamlet himself and the tragic world in which he has his being. Received 1994 from La Distributrice s.r.l. delle opere della Delfino-Edizioni d'Arte. The date of publication of Hamlet given in 0013979 as circa 1986 can now be confirmed as 1985.Also received 1994 are four drawings by Moore in reproduction on card and described as "Landscapes...Moore drawings not included in any book (See 0015852). These had been cited as a 1982 portfolio."