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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Standing Female Nude

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Standing Female Nude
Standing Female Nude
Standing Female Nude

Standing Female Nude

Date1921
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 9
Date Order NumberAG 21.20
Paperoff-white lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 473 x 203 mm
Signature

pencil l.l. MOORE/21

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More Information

This is the earliest extant drawing by Moore of a figure seen from below. The massive thighs and the foreshortening of the upper part of the body look ahead to drawings of the late 1920s and early 1930s.

ExhibitionsPublished References