Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Sleeping Figures and Sea Subjects
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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
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 181 x 160 mm
Inscription
pen and ink l.c. sea subjects
OwnershipThe British Museum, London, bequeathed by Lady Clark
More InformationFirst 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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