HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

STUDIES FOR METAL SCULPTURE

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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
STUDIES FOR METAL SCULPTURE
SIGNED AND DATED 'MOORE 34' (LOWER RIGHT)
INK WASH, CHARCOAL AND PENCIL ON PAPER
14 3/4 X 10 3/4IN. (37.5 X 27.2CM.)
EXECUTED IN 1934

Provenance

GIVEN BY THE ARTIST TO THE PRESENT OWNER'S FAMILY IN 1934.

Literature

R. MELVILLE, HENRY MOORE SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS 1921-1969, LONDON 1970, NO. 112 (ILLUSTRATED).
K. CLARK, HENRY MOORE DRAWINGS, LONDON 1974, NO. 71 (ILLUSTRATED).
A. G. WILKINSON, HENRY MOORE REMEMBERED, THE COLLECTION AT THE ART GALLERY OF ONTARIO, TORONTO 1987, FIG. 32 (ILLUSTRATED P. 87).

Lot Essay

THIS WORK IS RECORDED AT THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION UNDER ARCHIVE NUMBER HMF 1100A AND WILL BE INCLUDED IN VOLUME 2 OF THE FORTHCOMING HENRY MOORE CATALOGUE RAISONNé OF DRAWINGS BEING PREPARED BY THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION, HERTFORDSHIRE.

HENRY MOORE AND THE PRESENT OWNER'S FAMILY BECAME FRIENDS IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE 1930'S. IT WAS AFTER A GAME OF TENNIS IN HAMPSTEAD WHERE MOORE WAS GIVEN A NEW RAQUET BY A MEMBER OF THE PRESENT OWNER'S FAMILY, THAT MOORE PRESENTED THIS DRAWING AS A THANK YOU PRESENT.

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