Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Ideas for the Mask of 'The Dance of Death': Two Heads
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Ideas for the Mask of 'The Dance of Death': Two Heads
Datec.1934
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1111c
Date Order NumberAG 34.66
Dimensionspaper: 300 x 480 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
OwnershipHenry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations
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Rupert Doone, a friend of Robert Medley and founder of the Group Theatre, wore a mask based on the left-hand design in W.H. Auden's The Dance of Death. The drawing illustrated the concept of Death as a sun god - creator and destroyer.
