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Drawing for Sculpture: Two Women

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© The Trustees of the British Museum
Drawing for Sculpture: Two Women
© The Trustees of the British Museum
© The Trustees of the British Museum

Drawing for Sculpture: Two Women

Date1939
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1445
Date Order NumberAG 39.6
Mediacharcoal (part-rubbed, part-washed), crayon, pastel, watercolour wash
Dimensionspaper: 451 x 381 mm
Signature

crayon l.r. Moore/39; pen and ink (upside down and part-erased) Moore/37

OwnershipThe British Museum, London, from the Estate of the late Lord Clark of Saltwood, accepted by the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in lieu of tax
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Like HMF 1425, this appears to have been drawn over an earlier image. The two figures are built up of various elements which feature in earlier drawings, though the head of the figure on the right is an invention which Moore simplified and strengthened in Spanish Prisoner 1939 (HMF 1464).

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