Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Ideas for Sculpture: Transformation Drawings
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Ideas for Sculpture: Transformation Drawings
Sketchbook
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Date1932
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 950
Date Order NumberAG 32.61
Mediapencil
Paperoff-white lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 241 x 179 mm
Signature
pencil l.r. Moore/32
Inscription
pencil u.l. Do some designs (inserted above) in coloured plaster - lumps of plaster carved then linear/design on top to emphasise/or contrast design; c.r. Build up spatial sculpture/bird cage sculpture/with concrete & wire/one form inside another; l.c.r. sort of/spear head/inside/sheath/hole upwards
Ownershipprivate collection, UK
Collections
Moore's pencilled inscriptions look ahead to Reclining Figure 1951 (LH 293) with its surface decoration of plater-coated string, and to Bird Basket 1939 (LH 205) with strings linking different points of the carving. The words 'one form inside another' lead to Helmet 1939-40 (LH 212).
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