Lithograph on paper
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/henry-moore-om-ch-1659" aria-label="More by Henry Moore OM, CH" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Henry Moore OM, CH</a>
Mother and Child with Dark Background
Presented by the Henry Moore Foundation 1982
abstraction
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
child
children
embracing
family
figure
from recognisable sources
mother and child
people
sitting
society
woman
paper print lithograph
19 December 2022
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2022-12-19
Gallery 37
Collection based display
Mother and Child with Dark Background
image: 337 × 343 mm
Presented by the Henry Moore Foundation 1982
<p><a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-mother-and-child-with-dark-background-p02607" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02607</span></a> <b>Mother and Child with Dark Background</b> 1976 [<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-mother-and-child-shell-p02605" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02605</span></a>-<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-mother-and-child-with-light-background-p02608" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02608</span></a>]
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<br/>Four lithographs in range 12 5/8 ×  3/8–13 1/4 × 13 1/2 (321 × 251–337 × 343), printed at Curwen Studio, <a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/moore-mother-and-child-with-border-design-p02606" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>P02606</span></a>, published by N. Helion, Paris in an edition of 75, the rest published by Raymond Spencer for the Henry Moore Foundation, <span>P02605</span> in an edition of 50 and <span>P02607</span> and <span>P02608</span> in editions of 30 (H M 432–435 respectively)
<br/>Each inscribed ‘Moore’ b.r. and ‘For the Tate Gallery’
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<br/>[no further details]
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/><i>The Tate Gallery 1982-84: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions</i>, London 1986
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-23T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
abstraction actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults child children embracing family figure from recognisable sources mother and child people sitting society woman