Harvard Art Museums > 1958.24: Study for the Northampton Madonna verso: Sketch of Woman Reclining in a Landscape Drawings Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Study for the Northampton Madonna verso: Sketch of Woman Reclining in a Landscape (Henry Moore) , 1958.24,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/297160. This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1958.24 People Henry Moore, British (Castleford, W. Yorks, U.K. 1898 - 1986 Much Hadham, Herts, U.K.) Title Study for the Northampton Madonna verso: Sketch of Woman Reclining in a Landscape Classification Drawings Work Type drawing Date 1943 Culture British Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/297160 Physical Descriptions Medium Black and orange crayon, transparent crayon, black ink, gray-black wash over graphite on off-white laid paper; verso: graphite Dimensions 22.5 x 17.6 cm (8 7/8 x 6 15/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History [Curt Valentin, New York, New York], sold; to Meta and Paul J. Sachs (L. 2091), Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1946, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1958. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Meta and Paul J. Sachs Copyright © Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York Accession Year 1958 Object Number 1958.24 Division Modern and Contemporary Art Contact am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Descriptions Commentary From a dismantled sketchbook of studies for the sculpture "Madonna and Child," 1943-44, St. Matthew's, Northampton. The Henry Moore Foundation suggests that the date of this drawing could be either 1943 or 1942 (as inscribed). Publication History Agnes Mongan, Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965]: given and bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, exh. cat., Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1965), cat. no. 74, repr. Kristin A. Mortimer and William G. Klingelhofer, Harvard University Art Museums: A Guide to the Collections, Harvard University Art Museums and Abbeville Press (Cambridge and New York, 1986), no. 306, p. 262, repr. Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1940-49, Lund Humphries (London, 2001), no. AG 43.81 HMF 2172, repr. Nathan Goldstein, Figure Drawing: The Structure, Anatomy, and Expressive Design of Human Form, Pearson Prentice Hall (Upper Saddle River, N.J., 2004), repr. as fig. 2.53 on p.73, in b/w Exhibition History Memorial Exhibition: Works of Art from the Collection of Paul J. Sachs [1878-1965] Given and Bequeathed to the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 11/15/1965 - 01/15/1966; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 12/19/1966 - 02/26/1967 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 This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Modern and Contemporary Art at am_moderncontemporary@harvard.edu
