Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Two Reclining Figures
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Two Reclining Figures
Sketchbook
- Page 33/34 from Small Notebook 1934
Datec.1934-35
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 34(17)
Date Order NumberAG 34-35.20
Mediapencil
Dimensionspaper: 126 x 100 mm
Inscription
pencil l.r. Do two or three/solid 3 dimensional/drawings like this
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationThe top sketch on the recto is a rare example in Moore's work of a perspectival drawing of a figure seen from the back. The pose adopted in the lower drawing not only recalls sketches of the 1920s but also looks forward to others done when Moore was in his eighties.