Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
Reclining Figure
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Reclining Figure
Sketchbook
- Page 41 from Notebook No.5
Date1925-26
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 380
Date Order NumberAG 25-26.17
Mediachalk
Papercream lightweight laid
Dimensionspaper: 222 x 172 mm
Signature
unsigned, undated
OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: gift of the artist 1977
More InformationNotebook No.5 p.41. This drawing anticipates the pose of the Leeds Reclining Figure 1929 (LH 59). Moore has encased the figure within the outlines of the block of stone. In later years, he would say that he regarded himself as a carver who sought to release the figure from the block of stone rather than as a modeller who built up form from the inside.