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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Head (after Courbet)

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photo: Sarah Mercer
Head (after Courbet)
photo: Sarah Mercer
photo: Sarah Mercer

Head (after Courbet)

Date1984
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 84(35)
Date Order NumberAG 84.93
Dimensionspaper: 209 x 297 mm
Signature

pencil l.r. Moore, undated

OwnershipHMF Enterprises Limited
More Information
This is a sketch after Gustave Courbet's study in oil for the head of the model in his L'Atelier du peintre (1855). Owned by Moore, the study hung in the sitting room at Hoglands. Also see HMF 70/74(9) verso, 70/74(10) verso, 82(5), HMF 83(245) and 83(246).
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