Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Drawing for Sculpture: Reclining Figures
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Drawing for Sculpture: Reclining Figures
Date1933
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 986
Date Order NumberAG 33.5
Dimensionspaper: 559 x 381 mm
Signature
pencil l.r. Moore/33
Ownershipprivate collection, South Africa
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The main figure here, as in HMF 987, is set apart from the smaller surrounding figures by being enclosed in a roughly oval form reminiscent of the entrance to a cave. Moore used this motif again in drawings of 1933 and 1934 and also in the late 1970s. An inscription at lower left has been heavily crossed out.