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Lot 209
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Henry Moore

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • MOTHER AND CHILD: THREE QUARTER TO LEFT - rectoMOTHER AND CHILD STUDIES - verso
  • signed Moore and dated 80 (lower right)
  • pen and gouache on paper
  • 19.8 by 16.5cm., 7 3/4 by 6 1/2 in.

Provenance

Raymond Spencer Company, Much Hadham
Wildenstein Gallery London (acquired by 1981)
Private Collection, Sweden

Exhibited

London, Wildenstein Gallery, Henry Moore, 1981

Literature

Ann Garrould, Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1977-81, London, 1994, vol. 5, no. AG 80.48, HMF 80(30), illustrated p. 92

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down, floating in the window mount. The sheet is unevenly cut. Recto- There is some very slight studio dirt mainly towards the extreme lower right edge. The work is in very good original condition. Verso- There are four minor glue remnant to the extreme four edges of the paper, probably due to previous mounting. Overall, the work is in very good original condition.
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