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Figure Seated by Window in a Dark Room

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Figure Seated by Window in a Dark Room
Figure Seated by Window in a Dark Room
Figure Seated by Window in a Dark Room

Figure Seated by Window in a Dark Room

Date1980
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 80(293)
Date Order NumberAG 80.330
Mediachalk, charcoal (rubbed)
PaperBockingford white wove
Dimensionspaper: 253 x 329 mm
Signature

chinagraph l.r. Moore/80

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
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Emulating Seurat, Moore has create the figure in terms of light and shade. The head and upper half of the body (and also the table top) are untouched areas of white paper; it is the shading, in charcoal and black chalk, which delineates their form.
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