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Bone Form: Draped Reclining Figure

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Bone Form: Draped Reclining Figure
Bone Form: Draped Reclining Figure
Bone Form: Draped Reclining Figure

Bone Form: Draped Reclining Figure

Datec.1935
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1217 verso
Date Order NumberAG 35.28
Papercream medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 220 x 138 mm
Signatureunsigned, undated
Inscription

pencil u.r. draped reclining figure; l.r. (upside down) Square parts

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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The sketch on the recto inscribed 'Learner carving' is the direct inspiration for Carving 1936 (LH 164) in travertine marble. Of his drawings of ideas for sculpture Moore often remarked that the first view he drew became the dominant thought in his mind when carving. The free-flowing sketches and handwriten on the verso suggest they were drawn in the late 1940's (see introduction to Sketchbook B on page 140).

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