Skip to main content

Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Two Figures in a Setting

Advanced Search
Skip to main content
photograph © 2018 courtesy of The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chica…
Two Figures in a Setting
photograph © 2018 courtesy of The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chica…
photograph © 2018 courtesy of The David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, The University of Chicago

Two Figures in a Setting

Date1939
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1442
Date Order NumberAG 39.3
Mediapencil, pastel, watercolour wash, charcoal, pen and ink
Papercream medium to heavyweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 555 x 386 mm
Signature

crayon l.r. Moore/39

OwnershipDavid and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, University of Chicago: The Joel Starrels, Jr. Memorial Collection
Collections
More Information
The reclining figure is a combination of two of Moore's sculptures, LH 204 and 210, both completed in 1939, whilst  the half-figure  resting on her elbows  behind a parapet calls to mind portraits by Giovanni Bellini (1430-1516) and Titian (c.1488-1576) of their contemporaries or of Madonnas. The background, seeming to deny space, recalls drawings done in 1933 such as HMF 1012 and 101.
ExhibitionsPublished References