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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Bone Forms: Mother and Child

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Bone Forms: Mother and Child
Bone Forms: Mother and Child
Bone Forms: Mother and Child

Bone Forms: Mother and Child

Datec.1935
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1215 verso
Date Order NumberAG 35.26
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 222 x 139 mm
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More Information

The 'curved bowl' on the recto is the basic form of a 1939 lead and string sculpture entitled Head LH 195. Moore may have referred to this sketchbook in 1938-39 when working on the series of stringed sculptures, several of which have echoes of drawings here.

ExhibitionsPublished References
Bone Forms
HMF 81(183)
1981
Bone Forms
HMF 1212 verso
c.1935
Reclining Figure, Bone Forms
HMF 1226 verso
c.1935
Bone Forms: Reclining Figure
HMF 1218 verso
c.1935
Bone Forms
HMF 1214 verso
c.1935
Bone Forms: Reclining Figures
HMF 1219 verso
c.1935
Bone Forms: Reclining Figure
HMF 1222 verso
c.1935
Bone Forms
HMF 1221 verso
c.1935