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Mother and Child Studies

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Mother and Child Studies
Mother and Child Studies
Mother and Child Studies

Mother and Child Studies

Sketchbook
  • fragment of Page [155] from Notebook No.3
Date1922-24
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 139
Date Order NumberAG 22-24.55
Mediapencil, pen and ink, brush and ink
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 166 x 172 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil c.l. poising/of weight; l.l. (2 1/2)/5 x 3 x 3

OwnershipArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Henry Moore 1974
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Notebook No.3 p.[155].

This drawing would seem to be the definitive study for the Mother and child carving.  At some unknown date the page was detached from the Notebook and a strip 38mm wide was cut from the top of the page.
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