Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Ideas for Sculpture and Lyre Birds
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Ideas for Sculpture and Lyre Birds
Sketchbook
- Page [16] from Sketchbook with Square Forms and Lyre Birds
Date1936, 1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1290
Date Order NumberAG 36-72.14
Papertextured off-white medium-weight wove
Dimensionspaper: 178 x 250 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
Inscription
chalk u.l. 2 (circled)
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
Collections
Redrawn 1942. Again, Moore has superimposed drawings of ideas for sculpture on rapid sketches of Lyre birds - one almost senses his feeling that the drawing on HMF 1286 could not be bettered. The second drawing from the left in the top line can be linked to Square Form 1936 (LH 167).
Sketchbook/Bound Page(s)