Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

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Property from a Private European Collection

Henry Moore

Eight Reclining Figures on White Background

Auction Closed

November 22, 01:24 PM GMT

Estimate

12,000 - 18,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986

Eight Reclining Figures on White Background


signed Moore and dated 66. (lower right)

felt-tip, pen and ink on paper

unframed (sheet): 29 by 24cm.; 11½ by 24in.

framed: 52 by 49cm.; 20½ by 19¼in.

Executed in 1966.


This work is registered with the Henry Moore Foundation as HMF 3130 verso.

Marlborough Fine Art, London

Farber Collection, Geneva, 1983, where acquired by the present owner in 2006

Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculptures and drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. XXXII

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, Vol. IV, London, 2003, no. AG 66.18, illustrated p. 179

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Henry Moore, 85th Birthday Exhibition: Stone Carvings, Bronze Sculptures, Drawings, June - August 1983, p. 92, no. 98, illustrated p. 92