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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Studies of Bones

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Studies of Bones
Studies of Bones
Studies of Bones

Studies of Bones

Sketchbook
  • Page from Sketchbook
Date1932
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 942
Date Order NumberAG 32.53
Mediapencil
Papercream lightweight wove
Dimensionspaper: 241 x 179 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil l.r. Moore/32

Inscription

pencil c. New Ireland; l.r. hole/through

OwnershipArt Gallery of Ontario, Toronto: gift of Henry Moore 1974
More Information

This is one of the earliest examples of what Moore later called his 'internal/external forms'. The central drawing below the inscription New Ireland was his interpretation of how the Stone Age carvers of this Pacific island (whose work was known as Melanesian or Oceanic art) 'made forms inside another form - enclosed'. Wilkinson remarks that Bird Basket 1939 (LH 205) was directly inspired by New Ireland sculpture. See also HMF 946 and 952.

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