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Henry Moore

Woman Reading in Bed

Auction Closed

May 20, 08:59 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Henry Moore

1898 -1986


Woman Reading in Bed

signed Moore and dated 51 (lower right); signed Moore and dated 51 (center left); signed Moore and dated 51 (center right); signed Moore and dated 51 (lower center)

pencil, colored crayon, chalk, watercolor, gouache and ink wash on paper

24 by 19 ¼ in.

61 by 48.9 cm.

Executed in 1951.

Roland, Browse and Delbanco, London

Andrew Revai, London (acquired by 1970)

Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York

Acquired from the above in 2007 by the present owner

Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, New York, 1970, p.356, pl. 428, illustrated

Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, vol. 4, Aldershot, 2003, no. AG 51.29, p. 51, illustrated