Lot 449
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Henry Moore (1898-1986)
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Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Studies for sculpture

Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Studies for sculpture
inscribed 'Figure in Portland, Abstractions, Work done from natural forms' (upper centre)
brush and blue ink on paper
16½ x 10¼in. (42 x 26cm.)
Executed circa 1925
Provenance
James Kirkman Ltd, London
Literature
A. Garrould (ed), Henry Moore Complete Drawings 1916-29 Volume 1, London, AG25.100, p. 124 (illus)
Exhibited
Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum of Art, The Art of Henry Moore, 1986, no.10
Tokyo, Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Art of Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings and Graphics 1921-1984, 1986, no.10; this exhibition travelled to Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
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Lot Essay

This work is recorded with the Henry Moore Foundation as no. HMF 362
It relates to a sculpture in portland stone from 1924 entitled 'Caryatid' (LH 17).

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