Helmet Head: Interior/Exterior Forms
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June 10, 02:51 PM GMT
Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Helmet Head: Interior/Exterior Forms
signed Moore and dated 50. (lower left)
pencil, crayon and watercolour on paper
unframed (sheet): 40 by 56.5cm.; 15¾ by 22¼in.
framed: 65 by 83cm.; 25½ by 32½in.
Executed in 1950.
Curt Valentin, New York
Mr and Mrs Harold X. Weinstein
Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
Dr and Mrs David Elterman, acquired from the above, 1959
The Estates of Dr and Mrs David Elterman
Sale, Christie's London, 7 June 2001, lot 57 (as Heads, no.3 (Internal and external forms))
Lillian Heidenberg Fine Art, New York, 2002
Waddington Custot, London, until 2024
Acquired from the above by the present owner
David Sylvester ed., Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1949-1954, vol. 2, Percy Lund, Humphries & Company Ltd, London, 1955, pl.103, illustrated
Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, vol. 4, 2003, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London, no. AG 50.45 HMF 2606, p. 22, illustrated p. 23
Chicago, Arts Club of Chicago, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings from Chicago Collections, 1959-60, no. 78
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Henry Moore in Southern California, 2 October – 18 November 1973
London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore: Sculpture & Drawings, 6 - 30 September 2006
London, The Wallace Collection, Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads, 6 March – 23 June 2019, no. 43, pp. 91 & 92, illustrated in colour p. 11 & p. 93
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