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Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue

Recumbent Figures

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Recumbent Figures
Recumbent Figures
Recumbent Figures

Recumbent Figures

Date1934
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 1090
Date Order NumberAG 34.38
Dimensionspaper: 381 x 273 mm
Signature

pencil l.r. Moore/34

OwnershipOffer Waterman
More Information

In this and the following drawing Moore used charcoal to draw in the outlines around three reclining forms, leaving blank the space delineated by the outline. He would certainly have been aware of Seurat's technique in his drawings of the early 1880s. Moore appears to have used a small tool to scrape away the charcoal at lower left, leaving a zig-zag pattern on the dark background (see also HMF 1082).

ExhibitionsPublished References
Recumbent Figures
HMF 1088
1934
photo: Osborne Samuel, London
HMF 184
1923
Recumbent Figure
HMF 336
1925
Recumbent Figure
LH 184 lead cast b
1938
Archive image of a representative cast
LH 184 cast p
1938 cast 1957-58
Archive image of a representative cast
LH 184 cast q
1938 cast 1957-58
Recumbent Figure
LH 184 cast n
1938 cast 1957-58