Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Ideas for Sculpture: Seated and Standing Figures
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Ideas for Sculpture: Seated and Standing Figures
Date1955
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2864
Date Order NumberAG 54-56.50
Dimensionspaper: 292 x 238 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
Inscription
pencil u.c. Try in black crayon
Ownershipprivate collection, Italy
Collections
From an unidentified sketchbook. The magisterial seated figure upper left recalls Etruscan tomb sculpture. Moore knew the Etruscan collection in the Villa Giulia in Rome and had been interested in Etruscan art since his student days.
