© The Henry Moore Foundation
The Helmet
Artist: Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Location: Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
Date: 1939 - 1940
Materials: lead
Dimensions: 32 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £25,000 (Total: £300,000; tax remission)
Vendor: Mayor Gallery
Review number: 3845 (1992)
Provenance:
Sir Roland Penrose; Antony Penrose.
Description:
This work was one of the last works executed by Moore before he stopped doing sculpture in 1940 when his Hampstead studio was damaged by bombs and metal was becoming increasingly difficult to obtain.
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