Lot 344
  • 344

HENRY MOORE | Nineteen studies for mother and child

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description

  • Henry Moore
  • Nineteen studies for mother and child
  • signed Moore and dated 40. (lower right)
  • watercolour, coloured crayon and pencil on paper
  • 42.5 by 25.4cm.; 16 3/4 by 10in.
  • Executed in 1940.

Provenance

Gimpel Fils, London
Enrico Donati, New York (acquired from the above)
Thence by descent to the present owner

Condition

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down and attached to the overmount intermittently along all four edges. The sheet is slightly time stained and gently undulating. There is a small tear to the sheet in the upper left corner (approximately 1.5cm. long). There is a flattened crease in the upper right quadrant (approximately 8cm. long). There are minor nicks and losses to the right edge, not visible when framed. There are handling marks to the left and upper edges, likely studio dirt. This work is in overall good condition.
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Catalogue Note

This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation under number 2019.60.