Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Homage to Seurat: Girl Playing Piano
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Homage to Seurat: Girl Playing Piano
Date1980
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 80(292)
Date Order NumberAG 80.329
PaperT.H. Saunders watercolour paper
Dimensionspaper: 327 × 292 mm
Signature
chinagraph l.l. Moore/80
Inscription
chinagraph Homage/to Seurat/Girl playing Piano
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
More InformationMoore owned three drawings by Georges Seurat (1859-91). He had long admired Seurat's handling of light and shade in his compositions. This contre-jour drawing recalls that of Seurat's mother sitting on a balcony (de Hauke) acquired by Moore in the 1970's
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