Drawing for Metal Sculpture

Details

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Drawing for Metal Sculpture
signed and dated 'Moore 38' (lower right)
wax crayon, pastel and charcoal on paper
15 x 21 7/8 in. (38 x 55.5 cm.)

Provenance

Henry S. Walter.
with Hamet Gallery, London.
with Peter Nahum, London.
with Desmond Page, where purchased by the present owner.

Literature

D. Sylvester (ed.), Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings: 1921-1948, Vol. 1, London, 1957, p. 205, illustrated.
K. Clark, Henry Moore Drawings, London, 1974, pl. 109.
A. Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Drawings: 1930-39, Vol.2, London, 1998, p. 211, no. AG38.48, HMF1382, illustrated.

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Ann Garrould remarks that 'this drawing, peopled with many familiar figures, has a narrative quality very rarely found in Moore's work. The two groups in the foreground seem to be confronting each other, with a crowd in the background looking on. In its disposition of the dramatis personae it is reminiscent of paintings by Giotto' (loc. cit.).

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