Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Studies of a Serpent's Head
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Studies of a Serpent's Head
Sketchbook
- Page 209 from Notebook No.3
Date1922-24
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 157
Date Order NumberAG 22-24.73
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 224 x 172 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
Inscription
pencil top of page Snake-head of serpent. -; l.c. Woman in Corsham
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationNotebook No.3 p.209. No source has been found for the head of the serpent on the right, but Moore called it 'a bit Mexican'. The woman at lower right on the verso may be linked to a 1927 terracotta Woman Combing her Hair, LH 40. 'Hopton Wood' in the inscription is a stone in which Moore carved three early works, LH 19, 22 and 23.
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