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Mother and Child Studies

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Mother and Child Studies
Mother and Child Studies
Mother and Child Studies

Mother and Child Studies

Sketchbook
  • Page 72 from Notebook No.6
Date1926
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 462
Date Order NumberAG 26.37
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 222 x 172 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pencil top of page Big bud form - Form as shape by touch./meaning through shape - not feature -/do mother & child from this thesis.; 1 (circled) mother -/heavy, mature, rounded square but upward/child in round but downward; 2 (circled) mother - protection, resignation,/child - fear - clinging -

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
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Notebook No.6 p.72 (originally p.78).

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