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Figures, Sculptures
Henry Moore (English, 1898–1986)
1931, printed 1962
Medium/Technique
Woodcut, white line on black
Credit Line
Lee M. Friedman Fund
Accession Number66.957
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Cramer, Grant, Mitchinson 001
DescriptionFirst published in the inaugural issue of the quarterly journal The Island (Vol. 1, No. 1, London: The Hawthorne Press, 15 June 1931) with introduction by the editor, Josef Bard, texts by Leon Underwood, Velona Pilcher, John Gould Fletcher, Sidney Hunt; poems by Laurence Josephs, Ralph Chubb, Eileen Agar, Grace E. Rogers; wood engravings by Leon Underwood, Henry Moore (p.7 CGM 1, p.14 CGM 2), Laurence Bradshaw, Ralph Chubb, Blair Hughes-Stanton, Eileen Agar, Grace E. Rogers, Sidney Hunt, Gertrude Hermes; 32 numbered pages in one stapled signature within a paper cover with a wood engraving by Leon Underwood and the title on the front (284 x 223 mm). CGM 1 and 2 were subsequently editioned by Fequet et Baudier, Paris, 1962, and published by Galerie Gérald Cramer, Geneva, 1966.
InscriptionsIn graphite, l.l.: 20/50; l.r.: Moore
Provenance1966, sold by A. and G. De May, Lausanne, Switzerland to the MFA for $158. (Accession Date: December 14, 1966)
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