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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Studies of the Head of a Boy

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photo: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Studies of the Head of a Boy
photo: Victoria and Albert Museum, London
photo: Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Studies of the Head of a Boy

Date1923
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 164
Date Order NumberAG 23.1
Mediapencil
Papercream medium-weight
Dimensionspaper: 478 x 311 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil l.r. Moore/23

OwnershipThe Board of Trustees of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London: acquired 1958
More Information

Once Moore had left the Royal College of Art, the male figure was rarely the subject of his drawings or sculptures. This sitter has not been identified. The signature was probably added in 1958, shortly before the drawing was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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