Live Auction 10366Modern British and Irish Art Day Sale
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Lot 187

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

Sheep in Landscape

Closed26 November 2015

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GBP 74,500

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Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Sheep in Landscape
signed 'Moore' (on the reverse)
ballpoint pen
8 ¼ x 9 7/8 in. (21 x 25.2 cm.)
Executed in 1972.

with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner.

Specialist note

Between February and May 1972, Moore filled a sketchbook with drawings of grazing sheep, of which the present work is page 29. A facsimile of the sketchbook was published as Henry Moore's Sheep Sketchbook in 1980, with comments by Moore and Kenneth Clark.