Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

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Henry Moore

Three-Quarter Figure

Artist's Resale RightVAT reduced rate

Auction Closed

November 15, 03:40 PM GMT

Estimate

6,000 - 8,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986

Three-Quarter Figure


signed Moore and dated 50 (lower right)

watercolour, crayon, gouache, charcoal and ink on paper

unframed (sheet): 29 by 20.5cm.; 11½ by 8in.

framed: 47 by 38cm.; 18½ by 15in.

Executed in 1950.


This work is registered with the Henry Moore Foundation as HMF 2596.

The estimate for this lot should read £6,000-£8,000 and not as stated in the printed catalogue.

Mary Moore

Private Collection, London

Marlborough Fine Art, London

Farber Collection, Geneva, 1983, where acquired by the present owner, 2006

David Mitchinson, Henry Moore: Unpublished Drawings, Harry Abrams Inc., New York, 1971, pl. 171

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, Vol. IV, London, 2003, no. AG 50.24, illustrated p. 18

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Henry Moore, 85th Birthday Exhibition: Stone Carvings, Bronze Sculptures, Drawings, June – August 1983, no. 90, illustrated p. 89