Lot Essay
This work is recorded at the Henry Moore Foundation under archive number HMF 2087, and will be included in the forthcoming volume three of the Henry Moore catalogue raisonné.
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Ideas for Sculpture - Draped Standing Figures
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Ideas for Sculpture - Draped Standing Figures
signed and dated 'Moore 42' (lower right), and further anotated (along the upper edge)
watercolour, wash, pen and ink, wax crayon, heightened with white on paper
22 1/2 x 17 1/2cm. (57.5 x 44.5cm.)
Executed in 1942
Ideas for Sculpture - Draped Standing Figures
signed and dated 'Moore 42' (lower right), and further anotated (along the upper edge)
watercolour, wash, pen and ink, wax crayon, heightened with white on paper
22 1/2 x 17 1/2cm. (57.5 x 44.5cm.)
Executed in 1942
Provenance
M. F. Feheley, Ontario
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach Florida (C3-84095)
Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London (6375)
Miss Mitzi Solomon, New York
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach Florida (C3-84095)
Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London
Waddington Galleries Ltd., London (6375)
Miss Mitzi Solomon, New York
Literature
Ed. D. Sylvester, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1948, vol. I, p. 244 (illustrated).
K. Clark, Henry Moore Drawings, London 1974, no. 129, p. 319 (illustrated p. 144).
K. Clark, Henry Moore Drawings, London 1974, no. 129, p. 319 (illustrated p. 144).
Exhibited
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Opening exhibition, October 1974. Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, The Drawings of Henry Moore, November-December 1977, no. 196 (illustrated in the catalogue).
This exhibition later travelled to:
Iwaki-Shi, Shimim Art Gallery Museum, January-February 1978; Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum, February-March 1978; Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefectural Art museum, April 1978; Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, April-May 1978 and London, Tate Gallery, June-August 1978.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, 25 Years Annely Juda Fine Art - Juda Rowan Gallery - Masterpieces of The Avant-Garde, September-December 1985, no. 36 (illustrated in colour).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, British Art in the 20th Century, January-April 1987, no. 199 (illustrated).
This exhibition later travelled to:
Iwaki-Shi, Shimim Art Gallery Museum, January-February 1978; Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefectural Art Museum, February-March 1978; Kumamoto, Kumamoto Prefectural Art museum, April 1978; Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, April-May 1978 and London, Tate Gallery, June-August 1978.
London, Annely Juda Fine Art, 25 Years Annely Juda Fine Art - Juda Rowan Gallery - Masterpieces of The Avant-Garde, September-December 1985, no. 36 (illustrated in colour).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, British Art in the 20th Century, January-April 1987, no. 199 (illustrated).