Henry Moore
Family Group
Lot Closed
October 4, 04:30 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Studies for Family Groups
signed Moore (lower left); numbered 13 (upper right)
watercolor, pen and ink, crayon and pencil on paper
8 ½ by 6 ½ in.
21.6 by 16.5 cm.
Executed in 1944.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Henry Moore Foundation.
Private Collection
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1940-49, vol. 3, Much Hadham 2001, no. AG44.16, p. 214, illustrated (with incorrect photo)
Known primarily as a sculptor, Moore’s works on paper expose the intense draftsmanship behind every bronze creation. Laying mediums and figures on top of one another, the machinations of the artist’s brain manifest in this exploration of the family as a group. The curved edges to the figures round each group into each other, creating four vignettes within the picture plane.
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