Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Henry Moore, 1898–1986, British
Title:
Reclining Figure
Date:
1939
Materials & Techniques:
Black chalk, white chalk, graphite, gray wash and crayon on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Frame: 30 3/4 x 35 1/2 x 3 inches (78.1 x 90.2 x 7.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in black chalk, lower right: "Moore | 39"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jeffrey H. Loria, Yale BA 1962, in memory of Harriet Loria Popowitz
Copyright Status:
© Estate of the Artist
Accession Number:
B2005.14.1
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
reclining | figure study | abstract art | figure
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Bill Brandt | Henry Moore (Yale Center for British Art, 2022-11-17 - 2023-02-26)

Marvelous Objects - Surrealist Sculpture from Paris to New York (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Smithsonian), 2015-10-15 - 2016-01-31)

Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
Publications:
Martina Droth, Bill Brant Henry Moore, Yale University Press, New Haven and London, pp. 236-7, no. 251, N72 .P5 +B55 2020 (LC)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:55906