HENRY MOORE | SEATED NUDE: HEAD AND SHOULDERS

Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach

Private Collection, Palm Beach (acquired from the above circa 1979-80)

Freeman's, Philadelphia, 3 May 2015, Lot 72

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner

Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1916-1929, vol. I, London 1984, no. AG 28.128, illustrated p. 198

"As the 1920s drew to a close, Moore could look back on an eventful decade. At the end of his three years as a student at the Royal College of Art he had been awarded a travelling scholarship to Italy, to study the Old Masters. He had also been given a seven-year contract as a sculpture assistant at the Royal College so he was able to enjoy the security afforded by a regular income. In 1926 and 1927 he had sent works to group exhibitions in London galleries, and in 1928 he had had his first one-man show at the Warren Gallery in Maddox Street, London. Amongst those who bought drawings included in this exhibition were Jacob Epstein, Augustus John and Henry Lamb. In the autumn term of 1928 Moore met a young Russian girl who was studying painting at the Royal College of Art. In July 1929 he married her" (Ann Garrould, ed., op cit, p. x).