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Reclining Figure: Distorted

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photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Reclining Figure: Distorted
photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
photo: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia

Reclining Figure: Distorted

Date1979
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 79(21)
Date Order NumberAG 79.039
Mediachalk, charcoal, wax crayon, ballpoint pen, watercolour
Papercream wove
Dimensionspaper: 227 x 285 mm
Signature

pencil l.r. Moore/79

OwnershipNational Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne: gift of Ginny Green, Sandra Bardas OAM family, Vicki Vidor OAM and Bindy Koadlow in memory of their parents Loti Smorgon AO and Victor Smorgon AC through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2014
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This is a study of the back view of LH 751, executed in 1978. Intrigued by the pose of this figure, Moore modelled it in plaster, drew it and etched it. He changed the title of the sculpture from Reclining Figure: Distorted to Reclining Figure: No.7, preferring to omit any reference to distortion. 

related works: CGM 509
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