Henry Moore

When Henry Moore was 81 and in ill health he created drawings of his own hands as his subject was of the 'Aged Body'. He was fascinated by hands saying 'Hands can convey so much. They can beg or refuse, take or give, be open or clenched, show content or anxiety. They can be young or old, beautiful or deformed'. Moore did not only appreciate the form of human hands but what they can produce when being used 'Throughout the history of sculpture and painting once can find that artists have shown through the hands the feeling they wished to represent,' Henry Moore was part of the art movement 'Modernism'. The medium of this piece is Lithograph on paper. This print has a lot of texture due to the etching lined of the hands. The texture around the hands shows depth. The tone is visually effective as the dark shadows around the hand makes the detail of the hand look incredible; line is used well doe the fingers as it makes the subject of the print 3D.