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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Figure Studies

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Figure Studies

Date1925
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 159 verso
Date Order NumberAG 22-24.75
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 224 x 172 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil from top of page - NOTICE -/Sculpture - in the round - power of projection/& yet compact composition - Effect to be gained/by contrasts of masses & planes not by features etc/do figures without features - Abstract composition /of form-Contrasts of direction - & shapes of masses/WHOLE FIGURES/NO single Heads/Each work to live & (inserted above) in its own atmosphere, each/work a creation not an invention -/Mother & child - mother large hands head (inserted above) & breasts & child/across knee - poise & action intensified for expression -/Flying figures -/or carvings to hang/from ceiling by wire/probably/out of branch of/tree; The Trapezoids/in Mansfield; lower edge (upside down) Inspiration is Confidence -/Keep off realism but not reality -

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More Information

Notebook No.3 p.213. The notes express thoughts which were to be guiding principles throughout Moore's career. He carved two sculptures in Mansfield stone during 1924-25, LH 24 and 25.

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