Mixed media . Gouache, watercolor wash, black chalk, ink and pencil. Lower right signed and dated, barely legibly inscribed "Interior & Exterior Forms (Interiors)" in top center. On off-white wove paper. 29 x 23.2 cm. , size of sheet.
With a few more ink pen drawings on the reverse. Pp. 111 and 112 from Henry Moore's sketchbook 1950-51. [CH].
- Besides sculptures, drawings with a sculptural approach to the human form also occupy an important position in his oeuvre. - By integrating a smaller form into a larger one, Moore's 'inner and outer forms' are related to elements of his mother-and-child motifs. - Moore also found inspiration for the integration of smaller forms in prehistoric tools and sculptures from Papua New Guinea (among others at the British Museum, London).
The work is registered at the Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire, under the number HMF 2664a.
LITERATURE: Ann Garrould, Henry Moore. Complete Drawings, vol. 4 (1950-1976), London/Much Hadham 2003, no. AG 50-51.48 (illu. in black and white). - - Tobias Capwell, Hannah Higham (ed.), ex. cat. Henry Moore. The Helmet Heads, Wallace Collection, London 2019, p. 81 (illu. in black and white, no. 36).