Lot 201
  • 201

Henry Moore

Estimate
35,000 - 45,000 USD
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Reclining Figure
  • Signed Moore (lower right)
  • Charcoal heightened with white chalk and gouache on paper
  • 10 by 14 1/8 in.
  • 25.4 by 35.9 cm

Provenance

Thomas Gibson Fine Art, London (acquired in 1983)
William Beadleston, Inc., New York
Acquired from the above in 1984

Exhibited

New York & London, William Beadleston, Inc., Henry Moore: Some Recent Drawings, 1983, no. 11

Literature

Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Drawings, 1982-83, vol. 6, Much Hadham, 1994, no. AG 82.431, illustrated p. 114

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper. Affixed to mount at several places along top and bottom edges on verso. Small stain above bottom edge toward lower left corner. Small spots of white gouache on figures forehead and chest are by the artist. Work is in very good condition.
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