Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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Sketchbook
- Page 20 from Prometheus Sketchbook
Date1949-50
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2567
Date Order NumberAG 49-50.22
Dimensionspaper: 292 x 235 mm
Signature
(added later) pencil l.r. Moore, undated
Inscription
pencil u.c. Page 5 ¾ down page/The Human race is seen spread throughout the vale,/bathing, racing, plucking flowers./Breathed life into the people of clay (Page 5. line 4); u.c.l. End pieces/Their joy will be your thanks/End; P & M mixed together; u.c.r. Through you, my/Goddess they shall/live, feel free & be/alive – their joy/will be your/thanks; c. End; look at this forehead/Has not my finger formed it/End; Tis true that here they are fixed, although deprived of life/Yet they are free & I feel their freedom/drawing of Statue/End; feel free & be alive/(their) joy shall be your thanks
OwnershipPrivate Collection, UK
ExhibitionsExhibitions
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