Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
The Artist's Sister Mary
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The Artist's Sister Mary
Date1926
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 470
Date Order NumberAG 26.44
Paperlightweight manilla
Dimensionspaper: 445 x 330 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
OwnershipThe British Council, London: acquired 1948
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Moore drew six portraits of his sister Mary in 1926-27, and there is also an early drawing of her as Narayana on the printed cover of the play Moore wrote in 1920. Kenneth Clark refers to this and HMF 471 as 'two Giottesque drawings'.
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