Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Statue of a Young Girl
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Statue of a Young Girl
Date1949-50
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2548 verso
Date Order NumberAG 49-50.2
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 292 x 236 mm
Signature
(added later) pencil l.r. Moore, undated
Inscription
pencil u.c. Page 2; Prometheus turning to his statues which are dispersed throughout the grove/Prometheus speaking to statue of a girl; u.r. remember brown/ terracotta figure; c.l. Statue of young girl; l.l. What ever it is that swells up in my breast/(goes up to a girl)/Oh that her breast would only strain to me/Already her eye speaks./Speak, dear lip, answer me/If only I could make you feel what you are
Ownershipprivate collection, UK
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