Lot Essay
This watercolor is listed as no. HMF 1529 in the Henry Moore Foundation archives.
Property from
A MIDWESTERN ESTATE
Property from
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Property from
A MIDWESTERN ESTATE
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Reclining Figures
signed and dated bottom right 'Moore 40'-- watercolor, gouache, colored wax crayons, pen and black ink over pencil on paper mounted at the edges on board
7 3/8 x 10 7/8in. (18.8 x 27.7cm.)
A MIDWESTERN ESTATE
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Reclining Figures
signed and dated bottom right 'Moore 40'-- watercolor, gouache, colored wax crayons, pen and black ink over pencil on paper mounted at the edges on board
7 3/8 x 10 7/8in. (18.8 x 27.7cm.)
Provenance
Gimpel Fils Ltd., London (acquired from the artist; acquired by the late owner, 1958)
Literature
R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 238 (illustrated)
Exhibited
Chicago, The School of Social Service Administration Building, Chicago's Hommage to Henry Moore, Dec., 1967, no. 72