Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Illustration to Keats's Poem 'Isabella or the Pot of Basil'
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Illustration to Keats's Poem 'Isabella or the Pot of Basil'
Date1920
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 20(2)
Date Order NumberAG 20.21
Mediapen and ink
Paperwhite glossy card
Dimensionspaper: 205 x 154 mm
Signature
pen and ink l.r. H.S.MOORE MAR 1920
Inscription
pen and ink around circumference of drawing SHE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE WHEN THE DAY WAS DONE; AND THE NEW MORN SHE SAW NOT; BUT IN PEACE HUNG OVER HER SWEET BASIL.
Ownershipprivate collection, UK
Collections
This circular drawing may have been intended as a design for a plate. Moore was still, in 1920, a member of the Castleford Peasant Pottery Group, founded by Alice Gostick in 1917. Both Gostick and Albert Wainwright, also a member of the group, added lettering to the designs on their pottery. Very few pieces of Moore's pottery survive though there are some in private collections and an example in the City Art Gallery, Leeds (see related work).
There are no works to discover for this record.