Live Auction 13296Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Lot 224 PROPERTY OF A LADY AND GENTLEMAN

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Drawing for Metal Sculpture

Closed27 June 2017

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GBP 18,750

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Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Drawing for Metal Sculpture
signed and dated 'Moore 38' (lower right)
wax crayon, pastel and charcoal on paper
15 x 21 7/8 in. (38 x 55.5 cm.)

Henry S. Walter.
with Hamet Gallery, London.
with Peter Nahum, London.
with Desmond Page, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Ann Garrould remarks that 'this drawing, peopled with many familiar figures, has a narrative quality very rarely found in Moore's work. The two groups in the foreground seem to be confronting each other, with a crowd in the background looking on. In its disposition of the dramatis personae it is reminiscent of paintings by Giotto' (loc. cit.).