Lot 32
  • 32

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

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore OM, CH
  • reclining figures
  • signed; also signed three times on verso
  • pencil, crayon, wash, pen and ink
  • 37.5 by 27.5cm.; 14¾ by 10¾in.

Provenance

Leicester Galleries, London
A.H. Carnwath, London
Sale, Christie's, London, 25 June 1985, lot 429a
Redfern Gallery, London
Gerald Shear, Toronto
Sale, Christie's, London, 22 May 1996, lot 39
Triple Gallery, Berne

Exhibited

London, Thomas Agnew & Sons, Master Drawings: 16th to 20th Century Works on Paper, 21 June - 14 July 2006;
London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore: Sculpture & Drawings, 6 - 30 September 2006.

Literature

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 3, 1940-49, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, 2001, cat. no.AG 46.47, HMF 2378, p.245, illustrated.

Condition

The work is on wove paper which has not been laid down. The sheet undulates slightly across the surface. There is a tiny crease, approximately 5mm across, in the centre of the right edge of the sheet. Otherwise the sheet is in good overall condition. Held under glass in a rectilinear frame. Please telephone the department on 020 7293 5381 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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Catalogue Note

Executed in 1946.