Lot 157
  • 157

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H.

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henry Moore OM, CH
  • RECLINING MOTHER AND CHILD: MAQUETTE I
  • signed Moore and dated 79 (lower right)
  • pencil, ballpoint pen, wax crayon, watercolour wash, charcoal & chinagraph on paper
  • 24 by 29cm., 9 1/2 by 11 3/8 in.

Provenance

Galerie Beyeler, Basel (acquired by 1982)
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1983

Exhibited

Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings: The Last 10 Years, 1982, no. 43

Literature

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1977-81, London, 1994, vol. V, no. 79.34, illustrated p. 49

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount at all four corners and the centre of the bottom edge, floating in the mount. The top edge is deckled. This work is in good original condition. Colours: The colours are overall lighter in the original, and some of the definition of the shading on the figure has been lost in the catalogue illustration.
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