Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Bone Forms
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Bone Forms
Datec.1935
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1214 verso
Date Order NumberAG 35.25
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 222 x 139 mm
Signatureunsigned, undated
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationIn the inscription Moore was probably recalling Cézanne's admonition to 'see in nature the cylinder, the sphere, the cone, putting everything in proper perspective'. The words 'hole & lump' echo the title of a 1934 elmwood carving LH 155a.