Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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Date1938
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1367
Date Order NumberAG 38.34
Mediachalk, wash
Papercream heavyweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 397 × 572 mm
Signature
chalk l.r. Moore/38
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1988 [Acq. D8.1]
More InformationMoore incorporated various ideas called from preliminary sketches in this large drawing. For example, the large form in the left foreground has already been indicated in HMF 1406 where it appears at centre left. The second and fourth figures in the top line of another preliminary sketch HMF 1402 are included at upper right in this drawing. The plant form with its pendulous fruits is derived from sketches in HMF 1412. The hatched background, comparable with those in HMF 1304, 1305 and 1306, seems to deny space but the shadows of the foreground 'Mechanisms' contradict this denial.
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