Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Studies after Mumuye Carving
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Studies after Mumuye Carving
Date1983
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 83(9)
Date Order NumberAG 83.9
Mediacharcoal
PaperBockingford white wove
Dimensionspaper: 210 x 298 mm
Signature
ballpoint pen l.r. Moore, undated
OwnershipHMF Enterprises Limited
More InformationThe Moores had recently acquired this wood carving of a standing figure from northern Nigeria which they kept in the sitting-room at Hoglands. Moore seems to have been interested in the upper half of the figure with its simple drapery over the head. Of the studies he made, only HMF 83(41) shows the whole carving.
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