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Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Shut-Eye Drawing

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Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Shut-Eye Drawing
Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Shut-Eye Drawing
Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Shut-Eye Drawing

Letter to Jocelyn Horner: Shut-Eye Drawing

Date1923
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 212b
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

pen and ink u.c. 10./ Yes there's a whole blank/ page here I might have used it instead/ of making the other side quite unreadable./ Never mind I'll do a shut-eye/drawing & see if you can guess what/it represents.; l.c. And I had my 25th birthday/only 3 weeks ago!

OwnershipLeeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery, Leeds): gift of Jocelyn Horner
More Information

This drawing, on page 10 of Moore's letter of August 1923 to Jocelyn Horner (see HMF 212a), shows one of his earliest 'shut-eye' drawings; see Introduction to volume 5.

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