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Shut-Eye Drawing: Two Women and a Child

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photo: Sarah Mercer
Shut-Eye Drawing: Two Women and a Child
photo: Sarah Mercer
photo: Sarah Mercer

Shut-Eye Drawing: Two Women and a Child

Date1982
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 82(260)
Date Order NumberAG 82.252
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 243 x 308 mm
Signature

nylon-tipped pen l.r. Moore, undated

Inscription

ballpoint pen l.l. Shut-eye drawing

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
More Information
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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