Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Draft of Appreciation of Peter Gregory (Times Obituary continuation)

Sketchbook

Page 23 from Giovanni Pisano Notebook 1958-59

Date1957-59

Artwork TypeDrawing

Catalogue NumberHMF 57-59(15)

Mediapencil

Papergraph

Dimensionspaper: 175 × 120 mm

Signatureunsigned, undated

Inscriptionpencil u.l. art + artists/His appreciation of sculpture + painting grew slowly, but naturally [illegible]/through having a few painters + sculptors/+ writers as his chief friends/To begin with I remmeber he was rather/cautious, in his collectiong (crossed through) + I /remember slow, almost resistantly in his attitude to contemporary experiments, but as time went on he became/freer + quicker in his judgements/+ choices, + I thinklif anyone/wants an example of/the growth of a collector, Peter/Gregory woudl be it.

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977

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