Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Heads and Hands

Date1950-51

Artwork TypeDrawing

Catalogue NumberHMF 2662 verso

Mediapencil, coloured crayon

Paperoff-white mediumweight wove

Dimensionspaper: 290 x 230 mm

Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil u.c. Henry of Constance; Two hands; c.r. Interior Exterior ]

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977

Collections

More Information

Sketchbook 1950-51 p.95. Ballpoint pen may have been added to the recto in 1973 when Moore used this drawing as a source for Sculptures: Dark Interior CGM 373. The drawing on the verso seems to have been influenced by an image of clasped hands, possibly from a reproduction of Henry of Constance, the German Dominican mystic Blessed Henry Suso (1295-1366); see also HMF 2662b. Related work CGM 373.

Exhibitions

2019 London, Wallace Collection, Helmet Heads

Published References

Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads

Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 4, 1950-76; edited by Ann GARROULD