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Drawing for Metal Sculpture: Two Heads

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Drawing for Metal Sculpture: Two Heads

photo: Nigel Moore

photo: Nigel Moore

Drawing for Metal Sculpture: Two Heads

Date1939

Artwork TypeDrawing

Catalogue NumberHMF 1462

Date Order NumberAG 39.30

Mediapen and ink, wash, charcoal

Papercream heavyweight wove

Dimensionspaper: 277 × 381 mm

Signature

pen and ink l.r. Moore/39

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1997

Collections

Henry Moore Catalogue Raisonné: 1930-1939
Henry Moore Foundation collection

Exhibitions

Exhibitions

2012 Moscow, Kremlin, Henry Moore at the Moscow Kremlin

2019 London, Wallace Collection, Helmet Heads

1950 Bern, Kunsthalle Bern, Henry Moore

2004 Athens, Alexandros Soutsos Museum, Six Leading Sculptors and the Human Figure

1972 Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Mostra di Henry Moore

2006 Barcelona, CaixaForum, Henry Moore

2015 Waddesdon Manor, Henry Moore: From Paper to Bronze

2010 London, Tate Britain, Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario & Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery, Henry Moore

1950 Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, Henry Moore

2001-02 Perry Green, Henry Moore: War and Utility

2001-02 Dallas, San Francisco & Washington, Henry Moore: Sculpting in the 20th Century

2005 Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Henry Moore: Uma Retrospectiva

1968 London, Tate Gallery, Henry Moore

2024 Gagosian Athens, Henry Moore in Greece

Published References

Drawing in the Dark - Henry Moore's Coalmining Commission

Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads

Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 2, 1930-39: edited by Ann GARROULD.

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings; with an introduction by Herbert Read

Henry Moore, Volume One: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1948: 4th edition, edited by David SYLVESTER, with an introduction by Herbert READ.

Henry Moore Drawings.

London's War: the shelter drawings of Henry Moore.

Six Leading Sculptors and the Human Figure; Rodin, Bourdell, Maillol, Brancusi, Giacometti, Moore.

Exposition Henry Moore: sculptures, dessins. (Henry Moore Exhibition: sculptures, drawings).

Celebrating Moore: Works from the collection of the Henry Moore Foundation; edited by David Mitchinson.

Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings: 3rd edition, with an introduction by Herbert Read

Marvellous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York

Henry Moore Drawings.

A Monumental Vision, The Sculpture of Henry Moore: foreword by Jocelyn STEVENS

Henry Moore and the Classic Canon of Modern Sculpture

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