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The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'

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photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich / Hauser & Wirth
The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'
photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich / Hauser & Wirth
photo: Stefan Altenburger Photography, Zürich / Hauser & Wirth

The Lyre Bird: Cover Design for 'Poetry'

Sketchbook
  • Cover Design for Poetry
Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2058
Date Order NumberAG 42.168
Dimensionspaper: 248 x 188 mm
Signature

wax crayon beneath watercolour l.r. Moore/42; ballpoint pen (added later) Moore/42

Inscriptionblack crayon u.c. POETRY; pencil u.r. (illegible, possibly AUG. . .) No 7; pen and ink c.r. THE LYRE BIRD
Ownershipprivate collection, UK
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