A Head: PD.14-1960

Current Location: In storage

Titles

A Head
Study for titlepage of 'Prométhée'

Maker(s)

Draughtsman: Moore, Henry Spencer

Entities

Drawing

Categories

Drawing

Description

Page from a sketchbook.

Legal notes

From the Miss D.M. McQuaid Fund.

Measurements and weight

Height: 290 mm
Width: 236 mm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bought (1960) by Moore, Henry Spencer

Dating

Production date: AD 1958

Note

Recto: 'A Head', signed and date: "Moore / 58" Reprod. in colour W. Grohmann, 'The Art of Henry Moore', 1960, p. 9 (where wrongly dated 1950), p. 227; verso: A study for the title-page of 'Prométhée (Joh. Wolfgang von Goethe, 'Prométhée', Traduction par André Gide, Lithographies de Henry Moore, Paris, Henri Jonquières & P.A. Nicaise, 1950. Limited edition, 183 copies; 8 colour lithographs).

School or Style

Materials used in production

Watercolour
Chalk
Ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper

Techniques used in production

Watercolour : Pen, ink, watercolour over chalk-pencil on paper
Pen and ink

Identification numbers

Accession number: PD.14-1960
Primary reference Number: 12111
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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