Henry Moore, R.A.
Bone Constructions
Auction Closed
November 15, 03:40 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Henry Moore
1989 - 1986
Bone Constructions
signed Moore. (lower left) and titled Bone Construction (upper left)
pencil and pen and ink on paper
unframed: 27.5 by 18cm.; 10¾ by 7in.
framed: 38 by 29cm.; 15 by 11½in.
Executed in 1934-35.
With further sculptural drawings by the Artist (on the reverse).
This work is registered with the Henry Moore Foundation as HMF 1134a.
Gifted by the Artist to George Hartley, and thence by descent to the present owner
Listen Magazine, Spring, 1959, illustrated on the front cover
The present work was given by Henry Moore to George Hartley, the publisher of the art and literary magazine Listen, and was included as the cover illustration on the Spring 1959 issue. The magazine included contributions by Philip Larkin, Donald Davie, John Wain, Kingsley Amis, Richard Murphy, Elizabeth Jennings, Thom Gunn, James Merrill, Geoffrey Hill, Thomas Kinsella, R. S. Thomas and others. Four issues featured cover designs by Henry Moore.
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