Lot 174
  • 174

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

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore OM, CH
  • looking sheepish (sheep drawing 41)
  • signed on the reverse
  • blue-black ballpoint pen and felt tip pen
  • 21x25cm.; 8¼x9¾in.
  • Executed in 1972.

Provenance

The artist
Mary Moore

Exhibited

Lugano, Galleria Pieter Coray, Henry Moore: Disegni, Sculture, Grafica, April - May 1993, cat. no. 33 (illustrated p. 38)

Literature

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-78, Vol. 4, London, 2003, cat. no. AG 72.41, HMF 3357, p. 244, illustrated
Henry Moore and Kenneth Clark, Henry Moore's Sheep Sketchbook, London, 1980

Catalogue Note

The present work is page 41 from the Sheep Sketchbook, dedicated to the artist's daughter, For Mary from Dad 7th March 1972.