Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Study for Festival Reclining Figure
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Study for Festival Reclining Figure
Sketchbook
- Page 35/36 from Sketchbook 1950-51
Datec.1950-51
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2644
Date Order NumberAG 50-51.70
Paperoff-white mediumweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 292 x 242 mm
Signature
(added later, possibly misdated) pencil l.r. Moore/49
Inscription
pen and ink l.c.l. seed-pod
Ownershipunknown
Collections
Page 35, possibly from Sketchbook 1950-51. Moore was commissioned in May 1949 to produce a sculpture for the Festival of Britain 1951; the reclining figure lower right relates to one of the maquettes, LH 292b, as well as a bronze sculpture, LH 293. The 'seed-pod' theme appeared during the 1970s in Moore's graphic work, CGM 539, 540, 560, 561, and as a sculpture in 1982, LH 854.