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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Studies of Shells and Pebbles

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photo: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Studies of Shells and Pebbles
photo: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
photo: Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London

Studies of Shells and Pebbles

Date1932
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 946
Date Order NumberAG 32.57
Dimensionspaper: 248 x 171 mm
Signature

(added later) pencil l.r. Moore/1932

Inscription

pencil u.r. flat shapes/like that/of mussel/& oyster; c.r. use/lines; c.l. For Terracotta/hollow/hollow; l.c. limestone/pebble/facetted (sic) in/curves by/wind blown/ sand/found/on desert

OwnershipArts Council Collection, South Bank Centre, London
More Information

This and HMF 947, both on the same paper, were signed and dated (unusually with the full date) by Moore when he gave them to the Arts Council of Great Britain.

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