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Lot 12
  • 12

Henry Moore 1898 - 1986

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
bidding is closed

Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Ideas for sculpture
  • signé et postdaté 39
  • fusain, lavis d'encre et plume et encre sur papier
  • 29,6 x 23,7 cm
  • 11 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.
  • Exécuté vers 1930

Provenance

Collection Ezio Gribaudo, Turin
Acquis par le propriétaire actuel en 1964

Literature

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Drawings, Londres, 1998,  vol. II : 1930-39, no. AG 30.81 (HMF 1475), reproduit p. 37

Condition

Executed on white wove paper, not laid down. The sheet is fixed to the over-mount at two points along the upper edge and is very slightly wavy. A close inspection reveals a flattened crease running diagonally across the lower left corner and some faint scattered spots of foxing. Apart from some light time-staining, this work is in excellent original condition.
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Catalogue Note

signed and post-dated 39 ; charcoal, brush and ink and pen and ink on paper. Executed circa 1930.