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Henry Moore, R.A.

Helmet Head: Interior/Exterior Forms

Auction Closed

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