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Madonna and Child Studies

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Madonna and Child Studies
Madonna and Child Studies
Madonna and Child Studies

Madonna and Child Studies

Sketchbook
  • Page from Madonna and Child Sketchbook
Date1943
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2180
Date Order NumberAG 43.94
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink
Paperoff-white lightweight machine-made laid
Dimensionspaper: 200 x 165 mm
Signature

pencil l.r. Moore/43

Inscription

pencil u.c. in modern (. . .) Simple; u.r. Top light

OwnershipThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem: gift of Mrs Charlotte Bergman to the American Friends of the Israel Museum, 1985 (reg. no. 522.85)
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Moore's acknowledgement of the difficulty he encountered in expressing the spiritual content of the subject may be reflected by his experimentation with the contrasting styles in this drawing.

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