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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1965.187
People
Henry Moore, British (Castleford, W. Yorks, U.K. 1898 - 1986 Much Hadham, Herts, U.K.)
Title
Three Standing Figures; verso: Seated Female Figure
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1948
Culture
British
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/296391

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite, colored crayons, black ink, colored washes, grayish-white gouache, over transparent crayon on off-white wove paper; verso: colored crayons, graphite and blue wash over transparent crayon
Dimensions
29 x 24 cm (11 7/16 x 9 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Possibly [Buchholz Gallery, New York, New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs (L. 2091), Cambridge, Massachusetts, by 1942, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1965.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs
Copyright
© Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
Accession Year
1965
Object Number
1965.187
Division
Modern and Contemporary Art
Contact
am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Paul J. Sachs, Modern Prints and Drawings, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, NY, 1954), pl. 171
  • Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1940-49, Lund Humphries (London, 2001), no. AG 47-49.24 HMF 2416, repr. recto and verso
  • James Harper, Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, exh. cat., Harvard University Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2001), cat. no. 28, repr. in color (recto and verso), p. 18
  • Valerie Fletcher, Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York, exh. cat., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and DelMonico Books Prestel (Munich, London, New York, 2015), pp. 73, 186, fig. 73, ill. (color)

Exhibition History

  • Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, 05/19/2001 - 08/12/2001
  • Under Cover: Artists' Sketchbooks, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 08/01/2006 - 10/22/2006
  • Ancient to Modern, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 01/31/2012 - 06/01/2013
  • Marvelous Objects: Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., 10/29/2015 - 02/15/2016

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