Lot 182
  • 182

Henry Moore 1898-1986

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Sheep Grazing
  • Signed Moore (verso)
  • Wax crayon, ballpoint pen and wash

  • 8 1/4 by 9 7/8 in.
  • 21 by 25.1 cm.
  • Executed in 1972.

Provenance

Mary Moore (the artist's daughter)
Waddington Galleries, London
Sale: Sotheby's, New York, May 9, 2002, lot 271
Acquired by the present owner from the above

Literature

Henry Moore and Kenneth Clark, Henry Moore's Sheep Sketchbook, London, 1972, illustrated p. 7
Ann Garrould, Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, Vol. 4, 2003, no. AG 72.7, HMF 3323, p.233

Condition

Overall good condition. Soft rippling to sheet. Skinning at the edges. Not examined out of frame: sheet is entirely visible as framed.
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Catalogue Note

The present work is from a series of drawings and sketches, executed by Moore in 1972, which he later presented to his daughter Mary.