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Racehorse (Partly Shut-Eye)

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photo: Sarah Mercer
Racehorse (Partly Shut-Eye)
photo: Sarah Mercer
photo: Sarah Mercer

Racehorse (Partly Shut-Eye)

Date1982
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 82(270)
Date Order NumberAG 82.262
Medianylon-tipped pen, gouache
PaperBockingford white wove
Dimensionspaper: 176 x 254 mm
Signature

pencil l.r. Moore, undated

Inscription

pencil l.r. Racehorse (partly shut-eye)

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
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Moore partly used what he called his 'shut-eye' drawing technique for this work. He described how the technique came about on the versos of HMF 81(362) and HMF 81(363).
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