Live Auction 12226Modern British & Irish Art Day Sale
Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Lot 164

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

Figure drawings

Closed24 November 2016

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GBP 52,500

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Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Figure drawings
signed and dated 'Moore 48' (lower right)
pencil, ink, charcoal, coloured chalk, watercolour and gouache
11 ½ x 9 ¼ in. (29.2 x 23.5 cm.)
The Henry Moore Foundation have kindly confirmed that the present work is recorded as HMF 2420a.

Acquired by the present owner's grandmother in the mid-1960s, and by descent.

Specialist note

The present work is from Moore’s 1947-49 disbanded sketchbooks, which are illustrated in A. Bowness, Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1940-49, Volume 3, p. 259, starting from HMF 2397.