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Lot 212
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Sheep and Two Lambs
Closed3 February 2016
Price Realised
GBP 32,500
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Specialist note
The present work stems from the artist's White Notebook, a sketchbook originally containing 48 pages of drawings of landscapes and interiors executed between 1975 and 1981.
Moore first found a subject in sheep in 1972. One of his studios at Much Hadham had a window overlooking a large field grazed by sheep, and the artist found them a ready subject matter. The sheep continued to fascinate Moore over the next ten years, even to the extent that he would recognise which ones he had already drawn: 'I began to recognise the individual sheep over a time, I would know that I'd drawn that one already and that one I hadn't' (H. Moore, Henry Moore, My Ideas, Inspiration and Life as an Artist, London, 1986, p. 192).
Moore first found a subject in sheep in 1972. One of his studios at Much Hadham had a window overlooking a large field grazed by sheep, and the artist found them a ready subject matter. The sheep continued to fascinate Moore over the next ten years, even to the extent that he would recognise which ones he had already drawn: 'I began to recognise the individual sheep over a time, I would know that I'd drawn that one already and that one I hadn't' (H. Moore, Henry Moore, My Ideas, Inspiration and Life as an Artist, London, 1986, p. 192).