| RefNo | P/0159 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawing, hands of Hodgkin, Dorothy Mary Crowfoot |
| Artist | Moore, Henry |
| Date | 1978 |
| Description | Drawing by Henry Moore of Hodgkin's hands. Henry Moore, a sculptor as well as a fine draughtsman, had met Dorothy Hodgkin many years before this drawing of her hands was executed. He declined to undertake a conventional portrait of her, but produced instead this exploration of form. Hodgkin was an x-ray crystallographer - manual dexterity was important for her research. She started to have problems with rheumatoid arthritis when she was only 28. |
| ObjectName | Drawing |
| Materials | Black chalk, pen and ink with white and grey wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 230 x 278 mm |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | The Henry Moore Foundation |
| Provenance | Presented by the artist, 1979 |
| RelatedMaterial | Colour negative, Box N101. Colour tiff, Richard iii/portraits tiffs/Hodgin D, P0159. IM/002159 |
| RelatedRecord | IM/002159 |
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Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8241 | Hodgkin; Dorothy Mary Crowfoot (1910 - 1994); chemist and crystallographer | 1910 - 1994 |