Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Study of a Pre-Columbian Sculpture
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Study of a Pre-Columbian Sculpture
Sketchbook
- Page 7 from Notebook No.1
Date1921
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 28a
Date Order NumberAG 21.1
Dimensionspaper: 220 x 170 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
Ownershipprivate collection, UK
Collections
Moore probably carried this sketchbook with him on visits to the British Museum. The source of the artefact on the recto has not been indentified, but the verso sketches are after drawings by Michelangelo of between 1550 and 1560: the Virgin Annunciate (BM W.71) and studies of legs (BM W.73).