Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Drawings for Carving
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Drawings for Carving
Date1934
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1110
Date Order NumberAG 34.62
Mediapencil, crayon
Papercream medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 181 x 142 mm
Signature
(added later) pencil l.r. Moore/34
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationThe drawing in the middle of the second row on the recto is connected with Carving LH 148, made in the summer of 1934 and subsequently destroyed. To the immediate right of this is a sketch which can be related to the elmwood Carving LH 174 which Moore did in 1936. It is interesting that already in the 1930s he had acquired the habit of looking back at his earlier drawings for inspiration. On the verso, the drawing at upper left seems to be related to Reclining Figure 1934 LH 141 in African wonderstone.