Two Figures
Maker
Henry Moore
(British, 1898–1986)
Date1939
MediumPencil, charcoal, pen and ink, and pastel on wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 22 x 15 in. (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Credit LineThe Joel Starrels, Jr. Memorial Collection
CopyrightSee text entries.
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Object number1974.255
Status
Not on viewHenry Moore improvised with pencil and paper in order to generate ideas for his sculptural work. But how can two-dimensions inspire extension into the third? Moore insisted that "any wash, smudge, shading, anything breaking the tyranny of the flat plane of the paper, opens up a suggestion, a possibility of space."
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Henry Moore
circa 1939 (misdated later by the artist 1942) (recto); circa 1939 and/or 1958 (verso)
