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Three Half-Figures
Three Half-Figures
Three Half-Figures

Three Half-Figures

Sketchbook
  • Page 140 from Notebook No.4
Date1925
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 303
Date Order NumberAG 25.41
Mediapencil
Paperoff-white laid
Dimensionspaper: 228 x 175 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil top of page Head bust & arms (looking down); poor; c. drawing/of my/mother; l.c. try different arrangement/of arms

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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More Information
Notebook No.4 p.140. Moore told Wilkinson that these three sketches of his mother led to several later drawings of her (see HMF 443 verso, 486-491). Since these 1925 sketches are followed by others specifically related to Moore's presence in Italy, it would appear that he drew his mother from memory. Moore admitted to having felt homesick during the five months he spent travelling in Europe in 1925.
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