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Sculpture in Settings

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Sculpture in Settings
Sculpture in Settings
Sculpture in Settings

Sculpture in Settings

Sketchbook
  • Page from Sketchbook 1942
Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2050
Date Order NumberAG 42.155
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Dimensionspaper: 225 x 175 mm
Signature

pen and ink l.l. Moore./42

Inscription

pencil u.l. Sculpture in settings; u.c. Cell like settings & rock settings; u.c.l. shadow; u.c.r. sculpture among rocks; l.l. Seated Standing & reclining figure (sic); pen and ink l.r. Draw figures in sectional lines to/show solid form

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Page from a sketchbook. The sketch upper left recalls Le Bec du Hoc by Seurat, whose work Moore admired. It also presages sculptures of the late 1960s, such as The Arch (LH 503b) and Reclining Figure: Arch Leg (LH 610).

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