Minerva, Prometheus, and Pandora

1950

Henry Moore

Associated Names
Henry Moore

Artist, British, 1898 - 1986

Mourlot Fréres

Printer

The image features two figures made of bold, curved lines and angular shapes standing in front of a smaller, simplified figure on a pedestal. The abstract composition uses sweeping lines and geometric forms to create figures resembling mannequins or statues. The larger figures display intricate patterns resembling muscles or armor plating. The smaller figure, in a monochrome green tone, stands erect like a classical sculpture, contrasting the more detailed and textured depiction of the other figures.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    color lithograph on vélin du Marais wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 31.12 × 24.13 cm (12 1/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.8.1285

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Cramer 1973-1976, no. 24

  • Series Title

    Prométhée

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1967

  • What is an Original Print?, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa, OK, 1967.

Bibliography

1973

  • Cramer, Gérald, Alistair Grant, and David Mitchinson. Henry Moore: Catalogue of Graphic Work 1. Geneva, Switzerland: Gérald Cramer, 1973, no. 24.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: Trial proof; lower right in graphite: Moore / 50

Wikidata ID

Q65508796

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