Lot 593
  • 593

Henry Moore

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Seated Terracottas
  • signed Moore and dated 44 (lower left); titled (upper centre)
  • watercolour and wash, wax crayon, coloured crayon and pencil on paper
  • 26 by 17.8cm., 10 1/4 by 7in.

Provenance

Marlborough-Godard Gallery, Toronto
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the early 1980s

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper. Affixed to the mount at the upper corners of the verso. 1.5 inch soft crease across lower left corner. A few nicks to extreme upper edge as well as a few pinhead-sized losses towards lower center. Faint staining at extreme upper corners, otherwise fine. Verso also shows scattered studio stains. Overall work is in very good condition.
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