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Figures in the Wood and Prometheus Shows Minerva the Statue

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photo: Damian Griffiths / Hauser & Wirth
Figures in the Wood and Prometheus Shows Minerva the Statue
photo: Damian Griffiths / Hauser & Wirth
photo: Damian Griffiths / Hauser & Wirth

Figures in the Wood and Prometheus Shows Minerva the Statue

Sketchbook
  • Page 5 from Prometheus
Date1949-50
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2551
Date Order NumberAG 49-50.6
Mediapencil, wax crayon, watercolour wash, gouache
Dimensionspaper: 285 × 235 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil l.r. Moore, undated

Inscription

pencil u.l. P (. . .); u.c. grove of (. . .); u.r. Prometheus and the statue of Pandora (?); c.(. . . ete)rnal as the gods – Prometheus shows Minerva the/statuettes –; l.l. Prometheus (. . .) Minerva – forehead & breast; l.r. & Pandora/Page 4 (top)

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verso inscription: pencil u.c. Prometheus with his court (?) of clay (Page 5)
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