This drawing was likely created during a transitional period in Henry Moore’s use of this technique. In a similar way to Ideas for Sculpture (1937), the work highlights the artist’s refutation of the principles of trompe l’oeil in drawing (the use of shading to create a fully three-dimensional form) while still using it as a source of inspiration for his sculptures. In describing the function of this way of drawing, Moore recalled: “In those days I needed drawings to inspire me. I would make sheets and sheets like these and then as I looked back at them, certain things would jump out at me as suitable or exciting to develop into sculptural form.” Though this almost Surrealist-like automatic method of creating drawings, sketches, almost as a necessity to sculpture, the sculptor reached a level of quality in his drawings that almost equated them with his sculpted works.