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Fundamental Shapes

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Fundamental Shapes
Fundamental Shapes
Fundamental Shapes

Fundamental Shapes

Sketchbook
  • Page 25 from Sketchbook B
Datec.1935
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1214
Date Order NumberAG 35.25
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 222 x 139 mm
Signatureunsigned, undated
Inscription

pencil c. Do series of drawings of fundamental/shapes of sculpture - cone - cylynder (sic), sphere etc./& then of hard stone forms say/& hollow forms/& of combinations of two or three forms etc -; c.l. hole & lump

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 an elmwood carving of 1934 LH 155a.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Published References
Fundamental Shapes
HMF 1215
Fundamental Shapes
c.1935
Fundamental Shapes
HMF 1216
Fundamental Shapes
c.1935
Five Sculptural Shapes
HMF 82(209)
Five Sculptural Shapes
1982
Simple Stone Shapes
HMF 1191 verso
Simple Stone Shapes
c.1935
Simple Shapes
HMF 1182
Simple Shapes
1935
Simple Stone Shapes
HMF 1192 verso
Simple Stone Shapes
c.1935
Series of Shapes
HMF 1361
Series of Shapes
1937
Coloured Shapes: Dark Background II
HMF 79(47b)
Coloured Shapes: Dark Background II
1979
Coloured Shapes: Dark Background I
HMF 79(47a)
Coloured Shapes: Dark Background I
1979
Coloured Shapes: Dark Background III
HMF 79(47c)
Coloured Shapes: Dark Background III
1979
Sculptural Shape
HMF 2223a
Sculptural Shape
1946
photo: Nigel Moore
HMF 2437c
Figure Studies
c. 1948