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Odysseus in the Naiads' Cave

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Odysseus in the Naiads' Cave
Odysseus in the Naiads' Cave
Odysseus in the Naiads' Cave

Odysseus in the Naiads' Cave

Date1944
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2289 verso
Date Order NumberAG 44.27
Mediapencil, wax crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink
Dimensionspaper: 210 × 165 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil u.c. Odysseus in the Cave (of the Naiads added) – on a ledge in the/rock with his face to the opening of the cave, head/resting on a red-brown fleece cap/He wakens & talks to himself/Cavern at dawn – cavern some little distance from the sea/Age of Odysseus 45 – pointed beard?; l.l. The Naiads Cave –; Four shapes of women cradled in their/flowing hair

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired in memory of Lord Rayne
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The Rescue Sketchbook p.37. Moore chose to enlarge the sketch lower left of the recto for the figures of Phemius and Telemachus, adding the background from the sketch upper left, see HMF 2300; the sketch upper right was enlarged as HMF 2294. On the verso, the sketch lower left was used almost unchanged for HMF 2302 and that on the right for HMF 2297.

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