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Lynx (Study after Persian Sculpture)

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photo: Sarah Mercer
Lynx (Study after Persian Sculpture)
photo: Sarah Mercer
photo: Sarah Mercer

Lynx (Study after Persian Sculpture)

Date1982
Artist (British, 1898 - 1986)
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 82(338)
Date Order NumberAG 82.330
Mediacarbon line, charcoal (part-rubbed), ballpoint pen
PaperBockingford white wove
Dimensionspaper: 177 x 254 mm
Signature

ballpoint pen l.l. Moore, undated

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
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Moore owned a carving of a lynx (possibly Persian, fourth century) which stood on a table in Hoglands. He made many studies of it between 1981 and 1983 (also see HMF 81(159) and HMF 82(8)).
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