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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Miscellaneous Sketches

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Miscellaneous Sketches
Miscellaneous Sketches
Miscellaneous Sketches

Miscellaneous Sketches

Sketchbook
  • Inside Front Cover from Notebook No.6
Date1926
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 426
Date Order NumberAG 26.01
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 222 x 172 mm
Signature

unsigned, (added later, not in artist's hand) pencil l.c.l. 1926

Inscription

pencil top of page Stay on the big design & play of/masses. until power of form is/achieved - That is interest./Sculptural intensity. Have an/idea & express it powerfully. -/opposition of swellings/& balance./(not symetry) (sic); slightly higher swelling/retreat/retreat/swelling/lower; remember/pebbles/on beach.; chalk No 6 notebook; pencil K.M (circled) (not in artist's hand); nostril of animal/eye of animal/mother & child/seated on half (crossed through) sphere?

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

Notebook No.6 inside front cover.

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