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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1980.50
People
Henry Moore, British (Castleford, W. Yorks, U.K. 1898 - 1986 Much Hadham, Herts, U.K.)
Title
Reclining Mother and Child
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1933
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/295219

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Charcoal, black ink, gray wash, and watercolor on off- white wove paper
Dimensions
38.2 x 54.4 cm (15 1/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: l.r., graphite: Moore 33
  • inscription: verso, graphite, upper right: E.B.
  • inscription: verso, graphite, left edge: Henry Moore / 11A Pankhill Rd / N.W.3 / [graphite scribbles]
  • inscription: verso, graphite, lower right: 8542 Rust

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Henry Moore; to [The Hanover Gallery, London], sold; to David E. Rust, Washington, DC, 1958, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1980

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of David E. Rust
Copyright
© Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1980
Object Number
1980.50
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1930-39, Lund Humphries (London, 1998), no. AG33.28/HMF 1003, repr.

Exhibition History

  • Henry Moore: Mother and Child, Hofstra University, 09/01/1987 - 11/21/1987; Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art, 12/01/1987 - 01/25/1988; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, 02/06/1988 - 04/17/1988

Verification Level

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