Henry Moore, O.M., C.H.

The complete set, comprising one etching and aquatint, 1976, signed in pencil, numbered 31/75, on handmade Cotman wove paper, printed by M. Basis, London, with the accompanying catalogue and facsimile sketch book, signed in pencil, numbered 36, from the total edition of 325, published by Ganymed Original Editions Ltd. in association with Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London, this portfolio also containing a duplicate catalogue, an exhibition catalogue of a Henry Moore printmaking retrospective at Berkeley Square Gallery, and correspondence from the artist signed in black ink, contained in the original beige cloth-covered Solander box

The etching with full margins, in good condition apart from a very small area of pale discoloration at extreme upper left corner of sheet, a light handling crease in lower margin, the Solander box with scattered fox marks (mainly visible on the interior), natural wear mainly to the edges and corners of the cloth covering.
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