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Two Studies of a Female Nude

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Two Studies of a Female Nude
Two Studies of a Female Nude
Two Studies of a Female Nude

Two Studies of a Female Nude

Datec.1923
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 209
Date Order NumberAG 23.50
Mediapencil, pen and ink, wash
Papercream medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 290 x 249 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil l.l. Moore, undated

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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This is an extremely rare instance in Moore's work of the inclusion of drapery as a background for the model. He often spoke of 'breaking up the tyranny of the empty page' and of his desire to create space and atmosphere around the figures he drew (see also HMF 234).

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