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Figure Studies
Figure Studies
Figure Studies

Figure Studies

Sketchbook
  • page from Notebook No.2
Date1921-22
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 42 verso
Date Order NumberAG 21-22.8
Mediapencil, pen and ink
Papercream laid
Dimensionspaper: 224 x 172 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pen and ink u.c. Torso/Spring; pencil Bas relief; pen and ink l.c.l. red

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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Notebook No.2 p.15. As early as 1921 Moore had begun to study the mother and child relationship (see HMF 27, 30 verso), a theme which was to occupy him for most of his working life and to which he referred as 'one of my two or three obsessions'.

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