Ideas for Sculptures

1975

Henry Moore

Associated Names
Henry Moore

Artist, British, 1898 - 1986

Curwen Press

Printer

International Exhibitions Foundation

Publisher

The image displays an arrangement of fluid, organic shapes and lines that create an abstract composition. The forms suggest sculpted figures with contoured, swirling bodies that resemble human silhouettes in various postures. Some shapes resemble seated figures on benches or stools, while others appear reclining or upright as if engaged in physical interaction. The overall abstraction invites viewers to interpret the interplay of shapes as familiar forms, such as people or sculptural art, but without realistic depiction.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on T. H. Saunders wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 25.72 × 34.93 cm (10 1/8 × 13 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 51.75 × 66.68 cm (20 3/8 × 26 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3394

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cramer 1973-1976, no. 365

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1973

  • Cramer, Gérald, Alistair Grant, and David Mitchinson. Henry Moore: Catalogue of Graphic Work 2. Geneva, Switzerland: Gérald Cramer, 1976, no. 365.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 11/100; lower right in graphite: Moore

Wikidata ID

Q77010322

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