Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Ideas for Sculpture
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Ideas for Sculpture
Date1939
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1437
Date Order NumberAG 39-40.26
Dimensionspaper: 432 x 254 mm
Signature
pen and ink l.r. Moore/39
Inscription
pencil u.c. Do drawings in interiors/of string ideas/etc/&draw/them/from/real/thing; u.r. safety pin/magic/table/in/odd/settin(g) (g has been removed when drawing trimmed or over-mounted)
Ownershipunknown
Collections
One of Moore's very few incursions into the truly surreal world is at upper right; another, with a 'nose' resembling the rose of a watering can, is alongside a sketched version of a 1938 carving, Stringed Figure (LH 190).
Artwork/Related Work
Sketchbook/Unbound Page(s)
