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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Blind Woman

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Blind Woman
Blind Woman
Blind Woman

Blind Woman

Date1981
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 81(270)
Date Order NumberAG 81.249
PaperT.H. Saunders watercolour paper
Dimensionspaper: 383 x 288 mm
Signature

chalk l.l. Moore, undated

Inscription

chinagraph PTO/Blind woman

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
More Information

HMF 81(270) and 81(271) were both based on a sketch from 1951. Moore commented that one perceived the sitter to be blind from the way she held her hands. There is a fragment of lithographic proof on the verso.

ExhibitionsPublished References
Kneeling Woman
HMF 82(346)
1982
Man and Woman
HMF 81(246)
1981
Standing Man and Woman
HMF 83(132)
1983
Reclining Woman
HMF 82(363)
1982
Woman Knitting
HMF 84/86(137)
1984-86
Reclining Woman in a Setting
HMF 73/74(17)
1973/74
photo: Sarah Mercer
HMF 82(310)
1982
Woman Seated on Stool
HMF 83(12)
1983
Seated Woman
HMF 2879
c.1937, c.1955