Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Woman in Shawl and Ideas for Sculpture
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Woman in Shawl and Ideas for Sculpture
Date1937
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1341 verso
Date Order NumberAG 37.67
Mediapencil, pen and ink
Dimensionspaper: 272 x 184 mm
Signaturepen and ink l.c. Moore; (added later) pencil l.l. Moore/37
Inscriptionpen and ink u.r. Woman/in shawl; pencil c. Figure painting; c.l. boy climbing tree; pen and ink Landscape with cows & all sorts; pencil of things/man on horse; l.c. The fight; Figure/at a/window; & P.T.O; pen and ink l.r. old man; pencil old man/with a/stick
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The Greek implements on the recto, based on illustrations in L'art en Grece (1934) by Christian Zervos, the' Greek Book' referred to in the inscription, are obvious forerunners of Moore's Helmet Head sculptures. For references to Frobenius see comment on HMF 1340.
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