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Crowd Looking at a Tied-Up Object

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Crowd Looking at a Tied-Up Object
Crowd Looking at a Tied-Up Object
Crowd Looking at a Tied-Up Object

Crowd Looking at a Tied-Up Object

Date1942
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2064
Date Order NumberAG 42.174
Mediapencil, wax crayon, charcoal (rubbed), watercolour, wash, pen and ink
Dimensionspaper: 432 x 559 mm
Signature

pen and ink l.l. Moore/42

OwnershipThe British Museum, London: from the Estate of Lord Clark
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Moore said that this drawing was inspired by sculptures covered in damp cloths to keep the clay moist. Wilkinson (1977) suggests that its source may have been a group of Nupe tribesmen in northern Nigeria standing before two large veiled cult objects, a photograph of which was in a book on tribal art, Kulturgeschichte Afrikas by Leo Frobenius, 1933, owned by Moore.

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