Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Women Winding Wool
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Women Winding Wool
Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2083
Date Order NumberAG 42.194
Dimensionspaper: 394 x 559 mm
Signature
pen and ink l.r. Moore/42
OwnershipGrey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University Art Collection, New York: gift of Professor and Mrs H.W. Janson 1971
Collections
A domestic scene in which Moore’s wife Irina and his sister Mary served as models; the onlooker may be his mother. During the war years it was quite usual for people to unravel old knitted garments and reuse the wool.
