Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Arthritic Hand
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Arthritic Hand
Sketchbook
- Page 3 from Heads, Figures and Ideas Notebook
Date1953
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 2751
Date Order NumberAG 55-56.1
Signature
unsigned, undated
Inscription
pencil u.c. Subjects for drawing; u.l. Turn the paper (crossed out)/Two seated women/Head of a woman (tragic)/Two figures in alcove eating a meal/Seated & reclining Figure (Sarcophogus (sic) figure & attendant)/Woman bathing a baby; Arthritic hands; c. pen and ink H; l.c.l. H
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationHeads, Figures and Ideas Notebook p.3. Moore's interest in arthritic hands found expression in a series of studies of Dorothy Hodgkin's hands, HMF 78(38)-78(47).