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Child Riding on Mother's Back

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Child Riding on Mother's Back
Child Riding on Mother's Back
Child Riding on Mother's Back

Child Riding on Mother's Back

Sketchbook
  • Page 23 from Notebook No.4
Date1925
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 274
Date Order NumberAG 25.7
Mediapencil
Paperoff-white laid
Dimensionspaper: 228 x 175 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil top of page Child riding on Mother's back; l.c.r. Size of stone/15" x 11" x 10"

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

Notebook No.4 p.23. These drawings were ideas for Mother and Child (LH 26) in Hornton stone, now in Manchester City Art Gallery. Moore began the carving in the autumn of 1924 but did not finish it until autumn 1925.

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