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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Whale Drawings

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Whale Drawings

Sketchbook
  • Page 55 from Notebook No.4
Date1925
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 284
Date Order NumberAG 25.19
Mediapencil
Paperoff-white laid
Dimensionspaper: 228 x 175 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil top of page animal - whale etc; u.c. longer here

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More Information
Notebook No.4 p.55. The two drawings of a whale on the recto appear to be based on pl.99 in Ernst Fuhrmann's 'Mexico III' (1922) which depicts a carved animal bone.
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