Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Drawing for Metal Sculpture
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Drawing for Metal Sculpture
Date1937
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1312
Date Order NumberAG 37.40
Mediawatercolour, chalk
Dimensionspaper: 380 x 610 mm
Signature
l.l. Moore/37
Ownershipprivate collection, UK
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Moore had begun to introduce more colour into his drawings in 1935 - for example in HMF 1177 and, to a lesser degree, HMF 1163. This 1937 drawing is unusually colourful, with three different shades of blue, and yellow, terracotta and khaki-green all contrasting with the dense black.