Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Figures in a Room

Date1942

Artwork TypeDrawing

Catalogue NumberHMF 2092

Date Order NumberAG 42.203

Mediapencil, wax crayon, charcoal, coloured crayon, wash, pen and ink

Dimensionspaper: 381 x 533 mm

Signature

pen and ink l.r. Moore/42

Ownershipunknown

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Henry Moore Catalogue Raisonné: 1940-1949

More Information

By using patches of light and shade to indicate receding planes, as well as employing more conventional linear perspectival devices such as the two benches set on diagonals which lead the eye to the central figure, Moore here creates an impression of vast space.

ExhibitionsPublished References

The Archetypal World of Henry Moore; translated from the German by R.F.C. HULL.

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings; with an introduction by Herbert Read

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings: 3rd edition, with an introduction by Herbert Read

Henry Moore, Volume One: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1948: 4th edition, edited by David SYLVESTER, with an introduction by Herbert READ.

Henry Moore: sculpture and drawings 1921-1969.

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