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A Discerning Eye: Property of an Important New York Collector
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Four Reclining Figures
Details
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Four Reclining Figures
signed and dated 'Moore 39.' (lower right)
watercolor, wax crayons, pen and India ink and pencil on paper
17 x 10 in. (43.2 x 25.5 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Four Reclining Figures
signed and dated 'Moore 39.' (lower right)
watercolor, wax crayons, pen and India ink and pencil on paper
17 x 10 in. (43.2 x 25.5 cm.)
Executed in 1939
Provenance
Sir Alan Patrick and Lady Gwendolyn Herbert, London (by 1944).
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London (by 1957).
Gallery Gemini, Palm Beach.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 12 May 1977, lot 262.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London (by 1957).
Gallery Gemini, Palm Beach.
Anon. sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet, Inc., New York, 12 May 1977, lot 262.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owner.
Literature
H. Read, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1944, no. 153b (illustrated).
A. Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1930-1939, London, 1998, vol. II, p. 237, no. AG 39-40.28 (illustrated, p. 236).
The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue (www.henry-moore.org), no. HMF 1439 (illustrated; accessed August 2026).
A. Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1930-1939, London, 1998, vol. II, p. 237, no. AG 39-40.28 (illustrated, p. 236).
The Henry Moore Foundation, Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue (www.henry-moore.org), no. HMF 1439 (illustrated; accessed August 2026).
Exhibited
London, Roland, Browse and Delblanco, Guido Pajetta: Recent Paintings, Henry Moore: Drawings and Maquettes, September-October 1957, p. 5, no. 44 (illustrated).
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