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Letter to Evelyn Kendall: Self-Portrait with Figure Studies

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Letter to Evelyn Kendall: Self-Portrait with Figure Studies
Letter to Evelyn Kendall: Self-Portrait with Figure Studies
Letter to Evelyn Kendall: Self-Portrait with Figure Studies

Letter to Evelyn Kendall: Self-Portrait with Figure Studies

Date1926
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 485b
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 259 x 202 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pen and ink u.c. I'm going to bed. I'm tired./I mark myself beforehand (5/10. circled)/Goodnight Evelyn./This is the last homework/I'm doing.; c.l. This is& an (group crossed out)/idyllic group of models/waiting on the/common for/a job.; c. This is/your letter; u.c.r This was an attempt/at you but/it has/failed; c.r. The postman/has just/gone out/through this/gate; l.l. These are/all the/works/I haven't/done

Ownershipprivate collection
More Information

On page 4 of an undated letter written by Moore from the School House, Mulbarton, to Evelyn Kendall. It contains a speech-bubble with a 'failed' attempt at drawing her, above a self-portrait and some sculpture sketches, which include LH 10 of 1923 and LH 23 of 1924-25, lower right.

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