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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Bone Forms

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Bone Forms
Bone Forms
Bone Forms

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
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In 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.

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