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Mechanisms

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Mechanisms
Mechanisms
Mechanisms

Mechanisms

Date1938
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1367
Date Order NumberAG 38.34
Papercream heavyweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 397 × 572 mm
Signature

chalk l.r. Moore/38

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1988 [Acq. D8.1]
More Information

Moore 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.

Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Published References
Metal Sculptures
HMF 81(51)
1981
Family Group
HMF 81(62)
1981
Mother and Child
HMF 81(103)
1981
photo: Sarah Mercer
HMF 82(396) verso
1982
Walled City
HMF 81(77) verso
1981
Map
HMF 81(59)
1981
The Audience
HMF 81(100)
1981
Four Reclining Figures
HMF 80(284)
1980