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    • Henry Moore, R.A., R.W.S. (183
    Lot 21

    Henry Moore, R.A., R.W.S. (1831-1895)

    Among the Peat, Skye

    Price realised

    GBP 2,151

    Estimate

    GBP 1,200 - GBP 1,800

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    Henry Moore, R.A., R.W.S. (1831-1895)
    Among the Peat, Skye
    signed and dated 'Sep 1st/1885/H Moore.' (lower right)
    pencil and watercolour
    10 x 13½ in. (25.5 x 34.3 cm.)

    Provenance

    Mrs Frank M. Luker, Sidcup (according to a label on the reverse).
    with Abbott and Holder, London, 1977.

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    Literature and exhibited

    Exhibited

    York, Corporation Art Gallery, Exhibition of Pictures by the Moore Family, 1912, no. 29.


    Lot Essay

    A watercolour of the 1880s, showing the bolder and more impressionistic style that Henry Moore adopted at this period.

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    No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis


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