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The Three Fates

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The Three Fates
The Three Fates
The Three Fates

The Three Fates

Date1948
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2163
Date Order NumberAG 48.27
Papermedium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 400 x 585 mm
Signature

pen and ink l.r. Moore/48

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 2008
More Information

The Three Fates are Lachesis on the right, holding the distaff and representing Birth; Clotho on the left, the spinner representing Life; and between them Atropos, with open shears ready to cut the thread of life. Related work TAP 27

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