Textile design, Dahlias

Details

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Textile design, Dahlias
signed and dated 'Moore/43' (lower left)
watercolour, wax crayon and ink
8 x 6¼ in. (20.2 x 15.7 cm.)
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation under HMF 2145.

Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Zika Ascher, 1943.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 April 1999, lot 242, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

D. Mitchinson, Henry Moore Unpublished Drawings, Turin, 1971, no. 150, illustrated.

Exhibited

Geneva, Expositions Natural Le Coultre, catalogue not traced.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Zika Ascher came to England from Prague in 1939 and in 1942 he established his own production company and silk-screen printers in London. Together with his wife Lida, he sought to unite the complex worlds of fabrics, art and fashion. Throughout the 1940s they established a working relationship with many of the most prominent British artists of the day, commissioning designs by Henry Moore, Dame Barbara Hepworth, Graham Sutherland, Ben Nicholson, John Piper, as well as international artists such as Calder, Derain, Cocteau and Picasso.

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