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The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'

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The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'
The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'
The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'

The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'

Sketchbook
  • Cover Design for Poetry
Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2057
Date Order NumberAG 42.166
Mediapencil, wax crayon, coloured crayon, watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Dimensionspaper: 248 x 188 mm
Signature

(added later) ballpoint pen l.r. Moore/42

Inscriptionblack crayon u.r. No 7 JULY &/ AUGUST, u.c London/Poetry; pen and ink over pencil  l.c The Lyre Bird
OwnershipArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Henry Moore 1974
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