Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Ideas for Sculpture
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Ideas for Sculpture
Date1929
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 741
Date Order NumberAG 29.67
Mediapencil
Papercream medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 298 x 229 mm
Signature
(added later) pencil l.r. Moore/1929
Inscription
pencil u.c. Composition/with bones./etc/in wood; u.r. canes; wood/torso; c. with canes
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationThe reference in the inscription to canes probably reflects Moore's concern as to the feasibility of carving the slender curved sections of the figure from the same block of wood as the main sculpture.
