Lot Essay
This drawing is listed as no. HMF 2039 in the Henry Moore Foundation archives.
Ideas for Sculpture
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Moore, H.
Ideas for Sculpture
signed 'Moore' (lower right), and numbered and inscribed 'Holes in Sculpture 35'(upper edge)
watercolor, pen and India ink over pencil on paper
8.7/8 x 6.7/8 in. (22.5 x 17.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1942
Moore, H.
Ideas for Sculpture
signed 'Moore' (lower right), and numbered and inscribed 'Holes in Sculpture 35'(upper edge)
watercolor, pen and India ink over pencil on paper
8.7/8 x 6.7/8 in. (22.5 x 17.6 cm.)
Drawn in 1942
Provenance
Buchholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York
Leon J. Salter (Gallery Atelier 696), Rochester, New York; Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 23 October 1980, lot 364 (acquired by the present owner)
Leon J. Salter (Gallery Atelier 696), Rochester, New York; Estate sale, Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, 23 October 1980, lot 364 (acquired by the present owner)
Literature
H. Read, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1944, no. 225b (illustrated).
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970 (illustrated, pl. 305).
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970 (illustrated, pl. 305).
Exhibited
New York, The Museum of Modern Art; Chicago, The Art Institute; and San Francisco, The Museum of Modern Art, Henry Moore, December 1946-September 1947, p. 92, no. 100 (illustrated; incorrectly dated 1944).