Lot Essay
This drawing is recorded in the Henry Moore Foundation Archive as no.2292
THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE SIR FREDERICK GIBBERD, C.B.E., R.A.
Henry Moore, C.H., O.M. (1898-1986)
Details
Henry Moore, C.H., O.M. (1898-1986)
Four Studies from 'The Rescue'; Death of the Suitors from the Odysseus Cycle
signed lower right Moore, and inscribed on the reverse, Do a series of positions of dead suitors/The Naiad's Cave - Four shapes of women cradled by their flowing hair - and try another one of Odysseus's scratched profile on the wall/Penelope on the balcony See Frob - 483-479-477 672 463, pencil, pen, brush, black ink, crayon and watercolour
each 8 x 6in. (20.5 x 15cm.)
In addition to the inscriptions there are four figure studies on the reverse
Executed in 1944
Four Studies from 'The Rescue'; Death of the Suitors from the Odysseus Cycle
signed lower right Moore, and inscribed on the reverse, Do a series of positions of dead suitors/The Naiad's Cave - Four shapes of women cradled by their flowing hair - and try another one of Odysseus's scratched profile on the wall/Penelope on the balcony See Frob - 483-479-477 672 463, pencil, pen, brush, black ink, crayon and watercolour
each 8 x 6in. (20.5 x 15cm.)
In addition to the inscriptions there are four figure studies on the reverse
Executed in 1944
Provenance
Leicester Galleries, London, Oct. 1946
Literature
A.Garrould, Henry Moore Drawings, London, 1988, no.121 (illustrated)