Moore Henry - P5209 The Artist's Hand IV_Image©British Council (Photo by Simon Difazio)

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THE ARTIST'S HAND IV 1979

Henry Moore (1898 – 1986)

Details

Dimension
168 X 225 MM
Media
ETCHING
Accession number
P5209

Summary

Moore made two lithographs of hands in 1973 (P1889; P1890) and five in 1978 of the chemist and Nobel prizewinner Professor Dorothy Hodgkin, whose fortitude and courage in overcoming her arthritic condition whilst carrying out deliocate experiemenst on x-ray crystallography had amazed him. He returned to his own hands a year later with two etchings and three lithographs for The Artist’s Hand Portfolio. The two etchings were printed by J C Editions and the three lithographs by Curwen Prints Ltd, all in editions, published by Raymond Spencer Company Ltd in 1980.