Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Reclining Figure
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Reclining Figure
Date1982
Artist
Henry Moore
(British, 1898 - 1986)
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 82(438)
Date Order NumberAG 82.429
Paperlithographic frottage on T.H. Saunders watercolour paper
Dimensionspaper: 302 x 420 mm
Signature
chinagraph l.r. Moore, undated
Inscriptionon verso: pencil c. Reclining Figure
Ownershipunknown
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Drawn over a frottage; see HMF 82(419) and 82(437). This drawing has a sense of brooding mystery. Moore gave it the title 'Reclining Figure' but it can also be seen as a rocky moonlit landscape.