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Sculptural Object in Landscape

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photo: The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia
Sculptural Object in Landscape
photo: The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia
photo: The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia

Sculptural Object in Landscape

Date1939
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1441
Date Order NumberAG 39.2
Dimensionspaper: 375 x 546 mm
Signature

pen and ink l.r. Moore/39

OwnershipRobert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, University of East Anglia, Norwich
More Information
Long before buying Burcroft and its surrounding five acres in Kent, in 1935, Moore had visualised his sculpture set against nature. Here a massive bone form in the foreground dwarfs the three cows in the middle distance, but otherwise the landscape is hauntingly empty.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Published References
Sculptural Objects
HMF 2872
c.1937, c.1955
Sculptural Objects
HMF 2520
1949
Sculptural Objects
HMF 2519
1949
Sculptural Objects
HMF 2521
1949
Seated Sculptural Object
HMF 84/86(504)
1984-86
Sculptural Object
HMF 84/86(591) verso
1984-86
Sculptural Object
HMF 84/86(596) verso
1984-86
Sculptural Object
HMF 84/86(673) verso
1984-86