Lot Essay
The Henry Moore Foundation lists this gouache as no. HMF 2086 in their archives, and will include it in volume 3 of their Moore drawings catalogue raisonn.
Ideas for Sculpture: Seated Figures
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Ideas for Sculpture: Seated Figures
signed and dated 'Moore 42.' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated on the reverse 'Henry Moore Seated Figures Drawn 1942'
white gouache, white wax crayon, pen and India ink with brush and gray wash over pencil on paper
22 x 17 in. (57.8 x 44.5 cm.)
Painted in 1942
Ideas for Sculpture: Seated Figures
signed and dated 'Moore 42.' (lower right); signed again, titled and dated on the reverse 'Henry Moore Seated Figures Drawn 1942'
white gouache, white wax crayon, pen and India ink with brush and gray wash over pencil on paper
22 x 17 in. (57.8 x 44.5 cm.)
Painted in 1942
Provenance
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York
Josephine Boardman Crane, New York (acquired from the above in 1943; by descent to the late owner)
Josephine Boardman Crane, New York (acquired from the above in 1943; by descent to the late owner)
Literature
ed. D. Sylvester, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1948, London, 1957, vol. 1, p. 247 (illustrated).
R. Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 296 (illustrated).
R. Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 296 (illustrated).
Sale room notice
This work is signed again, titled and dated on the reverse 'Henry Moore Seated Figures Drawn 1942'