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Shut-Eye: Mother and Child

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photo: Sarah Mercer
Shut-Eye: Mother and Child
photo: Sarah Mercer
photo: Sarah Mercer

Shut-Eye: Mother and Child

Date1982
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 82(259)
Date Order NumberAG 82.251
Medianylon-tipped pen
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 243 x 283 mm
Signature

ballpoint pen l.l. Moore, undated

Inscription

ballpoint pen l.r. Shut-eye – Mother & Child/shuteye

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
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Moore appreciated the free-flowing quality of the nylon-tipped pen which he used for several drawings at this time. This is one of what Moore called his 'shut-eye' drawings. He described how the technique came about on the versos of HMF 81(362) and HMF 81(363).
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