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Drawing for Sculpture: Mother and Child

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Drawing for Sculpture: Mother and Child
Drawing for Sculpture: Mother and Child
Drawing for Sculpture: Mother and Child

Drawing for Sculpture: Mother and Child

Date1928
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 683
Date Order NumberAG 28.168
Dimensionspaper: 289 x 365 mm
Signature

brush and ink l.r. Moore, undated

Inscription

brush and ink l.l. Drawing/for/sculpture

OwnershipThe Joan and Lester Avnet Collection, New York
More Information

In this and HMF 681, both inscribed Drawing for sculpture, the child seems to act as a shield for the mother, prefiguring Reclining Mother and Child 1974 (LH 649).

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