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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Sleeping Figures and Sea Subjects

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photo: British Museum
Sleeping Figures and Sea Subjects
photo: British Museum
photo: British Museum

Sleeping Figures and Sea Subjects

Sketchbook
  • Page 6 from First Shelter Sketchbook
Date1940-41
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1564
Date Order NumberAG 40-41.6
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 181 x 160 mm
Inscription

pen and ink l.c. sea subjects

OwnershipThe British Museum, London, bequeathed by Lady Clark
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First Shelter Sketchbook p.6. The four lower sketches may have been inspired by Moore's memories of shipping in the English Channel during peacetime. The small drawing centre left, with its background of white cliffs, recalls HMF 1551.

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