Three Studies of Reclining Figures

1970

Henry Moore

Associated Names
Henry Moore

Artist, British, 1898 - 1986

The image shows flowing lines and rounded shapes forming an abstract composition. Shapes at the top suggest a reclining figure, and the middle section depicts interconnected figures, one in a seated position with abstracted human features. At the bottom, another figure stretches out with elongated limbs.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with wash, gouache, and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Olga Hirshhorn)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.4 × 17.46 cm (10 × 6 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.3395

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Garrould 2003, no. AG 70-71.8

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, England; Olga Hirshhorn, Washington, DC, 1973; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2004; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • Paintings and Sculpture from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Katonah Gallery, New York, 1976, no. 58

1979

  • Selections from the Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Huntington Galleries, West Virginia, 1979, no. 108

1981

  • A Collector's Eye: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981, no. 46

Bibliography

2003

  • Garrould, Ann. Henry Moore, Volume 3: Complete Drawings 1950-76. London, 2003: no. AG 70-71.8

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: Moore/70; lower right in black ink: Moore / 70; center verso in black ink: For / Olga / With love + Happy New Year / from / Henry / New Years Day Jan 1st 1973.; lower left verso in blue pencil by unknown hand (twice): 1 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q64573921

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