Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Studies of Aztec Masks
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Studies of Aztec Masks
Date1983
Artist
Henry Moore
(British, 1898 - 1986)
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 83(141)
Date Order NumberAG 83.112
PaperBockingford white wove
Dimensionspaper: 254 x 251 mm
Signature
ballpoint pen l.l. Moore, undated
Inscription
ballpoint pen l.l. (from "The Aztecs"/Book)
OwnershipHMF Enterprises Limited
More InformationMoore had been interested in Pre-Columbian art since his student days. The book to which he refers has not yet been traced, but the object to the right has been identified as a Toltec stone head, AD 850-1250.