Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Henry Moore
Reclining Figures
Auction Closed
March 7, 03:05 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a Distinguished Private Collection
Henry Moore
1898 – 1986
Reclining Figures
signed Moore and dated 48 (lower right) and inscribed lithograph and Fire (upper centre)
watercolour, pencil, crayon and pen and ink on paper
29 by 24 cm. 11 ½ by 9 ½ in.
Framed: 56.5 by 45.5 cm. 22 ¼ by 17 ½ in.
Executed in 1948.
Leicester Galleries, London
Private Collection (acquired from the above circa 1952)
Thence by descent to the present owners
Ann Garould, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1940 – 1949, vol. III, London, 2001, no. AG47-49.31, HMF 2423, pp.266-7, illustrated
Herbert Read, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, vol. I, London, 1949, pl.255a