Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Head of a Girl
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Head of a Girl
Date1927
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 494
Date Order NumberAG 27.11
Mediapen and ink, chalk
Dimensionspaper: 286 x 251 mm
Signature
(probably added later) pencil reinforced with crayon l.l. Moore/27
OwnershipGrafische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna: acquired 1952
Collections
Moore probably signed this drawing shortly before its inclusion in the Tate Gallery exhibition in 1951. He erased the signature in cursive handwriting (typical of the 1950s) in favour of a printed version more in keeping with the date of the drawing's execusion.