Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Reclining Figures: Studies for Sculpture

Date1940

Artwork TypeDrawing

Catalogue NumberHMF 1534

Date Order NumberAG 40.59

Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour wash, pastel, pen and ink

Papercream medium-weight wove

Dimensionspaper: 274 × 181 mm

Signature

pencil l.r. Moore/40

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1980

Collections

More Information

Under the wash just below centre left is a pencil sketch which Moore did not incorporate into the subsequent drawing. Comparison with three earlier drawings, HMF 1438, 1450 and 1453, shows links between treatment of the subject matter and the fluent handling of all the media used.

Exhibitions

2010-11 Paris, Musée Rodin, Henry Moore: L’atelier

2011 Perry Green, Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore: Plasters

2001-02 Perry Green, Henry Moore: War and Utility

2006-07 London, Imperial War Museum, Henry Moore: War and Utility

2023-25 San Diego/Albuquerque/Montreal/Boston, Georgia O'Keeffe and Henry Moore: Giants of Modern Art

Published References

Celebrating Moore: Works from the collection of the Henry Moore Foundation; edited by David Mitchinson.

O'Keeffe and Moore

Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 3, 1940-49; edited by Ann GARROULD.