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Memory of Giovanni Pisano

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Memory of Giovanni Pisano
Memory of Giovanni Pisano
Memory of Giovanni Pisano

Memory of Giovanni Pisano

Date1964
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 3102
Date Order NumberAG 64.17
Papercream medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 245 x 228 mm
Signature

pencil l.l. Moore/64

Inscription

pencil l.c. (memory of Giovanni Pisano)

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More Information

From an unidentified sketchbook. Moore admired and was familiar with the work of Giovanni Pisano, see HMF 57-59(1). This 'memory' was probably from one of the figures with elongated necks and downward gaze carved by Pisano c.1284 for the façade of Siena Cathedral.

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