HENRY MOORE | Studies for Sculpture - recto & verso

Redfern Gallery, London (acquired by 1969)
James Goodman Gallery, New York
Linda Goodman Gallery, Sandton
Acquired from the above by the present owner in 1976

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Drawings, 1950-1976, London, 2003, vol. IV, no. AG 56.79/HMF 2265, illustrated p. 127

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and hinged to the mount in two places along the upper edge. The sheet is slightly time-stained and there are two stains to the extreme right edge of the verso which show through the sheet. There are some further small stains and surface dirt to both sides of the sheet. There are some minor creases, a tiny nick to the lower right corner and some general surface abrasion with related tiny paint losses, mainly to the black pigment. This work is in overall good condition.
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This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation under number 2018.707.