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Three Heads

1973

Henry Moore

Associated Names

Henry Moore

Artist, British, 1898 - 1986

The image shows a series of intricate, overlapping lines curving and intersecting against a dark background to form abstract shapes. Resembling human faces, the shapes have circular outlines and crossing lines indicating facial features. The composition evokes faces viewed through a veil or behind a screen, with hints of depth from the layering of lines. Additionally, there are crosses and other small linear shapes scattered across the top portion of the image.

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Artwork overview

Medium

color lithograph on wove paper
Credit Line

Gift of Cecilia W. Spearing, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
Dimensions

image: 10.6 x 15 cm (4 3/16 x 5 7/8 in.)
sheet: 49.9 x 40 cm (19 5/8 x 15 3/4 in.)
Accession Number

1991.237.2
Catalogue Raisonné

Cramer 1980-1986, no. 376

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1980

Cramer, Patrick, Alistair Grant, and David Mitchinson. Henry Moore: Catalogue of Graphic Work 3. Geneva, Switzerland: Patrick Cramer, 1980, no. 376.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 26/75; lower right in graphite: Moore

Wikidata ID

Q75117869

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