Lot Essay
The present work is from Moore’s 1947-49 disbanded sketchbooks, which are illustrated in A. Bowness, Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1940-49, Volume 3, p. 259, starting from HMF 2397.
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Figure drawings
Details
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Figure drawings
signed and dated 'Moore 48' (lower right)
pencil, ink, charcoal, coloured chalk, watercolour and gouache
11 ½ x 9 ¼ in. (29.2 x 23.5 cm.)
The Henry Moore Foundation have kindly confirmed that the present work is recorded as HMF 2420a.
Figure drawings
signed and dated 'Moore 48' (lower right)
pencil, ink, charcoal, coloured chalk, watercolour and gouache
11 ½ x 9 ¼ in. (29.2 x 23.5 cm.)
The Henry Moore Foundation have kindly confirmed that the present work is recorded as HMF 2420a.
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner's grandmother in the mid-1960s, and by descent.
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
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