Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
The Banqueting Hall with Penelope on the Balcony
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The Banqueting Hall with Penelope on the Balcony
Datec.1944
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2290 verso
Date Order NumberAG 44.30
Dimensionspaper: 210 x 165 mm
Signature
(added later, misdated) pencil l.r. Moore/45
Inscription
pencil u.c. (8); The Banquetting (sic) Hall with Penelope on the/Balcony talking to the suitors/Penelope robed in the grey of winter,/Stoned Hall – pillars down both sides of Hall –/The Balcony too has pillars/Penel (crossed out) In the Hall the suitors have all been upset/by Eumaes (sic) bringing in Odysseus as an old man, & Antinous/has just thrown his stool at Odysseus's bent back
Ownershipprivate collection, UK
Collections
The Rescue Sketchbook p.45.
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