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Two Torsos

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Two Torsos
Two Torsos
Two Torsos

Two Torsos

Sketchbook
  • Page from Sketchbook
Date1959
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2998
Date Order NumberAG 58-59.20
Dimensionspaper: 288 x 239 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil l.l. Two Torsos

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More Information
Page from Sketchbook 1958-59. Moore, who opften quoted Leonado da Vinci as saying that an artist could find inspiration from lichen on a rock, here used random patches of wash as his inspiration.
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1981
Photo: Mike Bruce, courtesy of Gagosian
LH 462 cast 0
1960 cast 1962
Photo: Mike Bruce, courtesy of Gagosian
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1960
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LH 814
1981
Archive image of a representative cast.
LH 814 cast a
1981
photo: Sarah Mercer
LH 814 plaster
1981
photo: Dallas Museum of Art
LH 814 cast 4
1981
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