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Eighteen Ideas for Sculpture

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Eighteen Ideas for Sculpture
Eighteen Ideas for Sculpture
Eighteen Ideas for Sculpture

Eighteen Ideas for Sculpture

Datec.1939
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1468
Date Order NumberAG 39.23
Mediapencil, crayon, pen and ink, gouache
Papercream medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 183 x 278 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil l.l. Moore/1939

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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On the recto Moore drew ideas dating from 1934 and c.1937, and combined them with two relatively naturalistic reclining figures. On the verso, two figures can be connected with Reclining Figure 1939 LH 205 by virtue of the 'hoop' which encircles their torsos.
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