Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Animals and Man Climbing Ladder
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Animals and Man Climbing Ladder
Date1981
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 81(26)
Date Order NumberAG 81.048
Mediaballpoint pen
PaperT.H. Saunders watercolour paper
Dimensionspaper: 279 x 294 mm
Signature
ballpoint pen l.c. Moore, undated
Inscription
ballpoint pen left to right near each drawing Giraffe; Zebra; Man climbing/ladder; Frog; Cat; Pig; Cockerill (sic)
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
More InformationThese 'shut-eye' drawings were done purely for Moore's own amusement.
See comment on HMF 81(10).On the verso is a charcoal sketch of seated and standing figures over lithographic proof.
