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Studies of Sculpture in the British Museum

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Studies of Sculpture in the British Museum
Studies of Sculpture in the British Museum
Studies of Sculpture in the British Museum

Studies of Sculpture in the British Museum

Sketchbook
  • Page 105 from Notebook No.3
Date1922-24
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 123
Date Order NumberAG 22-24.39
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 224 x 172 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil u.r. Twisted/form; crayon Negro -/sculpture; pencil u.c. bad drawings; twist/in/arms; curved/arm; c. badly/drawn; c.r. more pointed; from front; l.c.l. light; angles; l.r. small abstract carving; masses/redesigned

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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Notebook No.3 p.105. On the recto Moore drew the standing figure of a woman from Mumuye in northern Nigeria.  In the 1980s he bought a similar Mumuye sculpture which he also sketched, see HMF 83(8) and 83(41).
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