Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Ideas for Sculpture
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Ideas for Sculpture
Sketchbook
- Page from Long Sketchbook
Date1940
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1482
Date Order NumberAG 39-40.30
Dimensionspaper: 254 x 432 mm
Signature
pen and ink l.l. Moore/40
Inscription
pencil u.r. S.P.; crayon c.r. Spanish Duchess; pencil organ pipes; c. Tell B(illegible)/about/museum &/Brit Pow
Ownershipunknown
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The menacing four-horn crowned skull upper left staring directly at the spectator, inscribed Spanish Duchess, embodies Moore's sense of disquiet and depression during the early months of the war. One sketch lower right is reminiscent of the three stringed forms at the top of HMF 1403.