Modern & Contemporary Discoveries including Works from the former Claude et Georges Pompidou Collection

Bill Brandt 1904 - 1983 Henry Moore in His Studio tirage gélatino-argentique 26 x 20 cm; 10 ¼ by 8 in. Executé en 1946.

View 1 of Lot 222: Henry Moore in His Studio

henry moore in his studio

Henry MooreAnimal Head: Open MouthbronzeConceived in 1982, this example is number 6 from an edition of 9inscribed Moore 6/9 on the base&nbsp;9.5 by 12.4 by 7.3 cm. 3 3/4 by 4 7/8 by 2 7/8 in.

Animal Head: Open Mouth

Henry MooreHalf Figure Mother and ChildbronzeConceived in 1983, this example is number 3 from the edition of 9inscribed Moore 3/9 on the base11.7 by 8.6 by 7 cm. 4 5/8 by 3 3/8 by 7 in.

Half Figure Mother and Child

A limited <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/luxury/books-&amp;-manuscripts/book/first-edition?locale=en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first edition</a> of this artistic rendition of the French translation of <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Goethe&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goethe</a>'s unfinished play, with lithographs by renowned sculptor <a href="https://www.sothebys.com/en/search?query=Henry%20Moore&amp;tab=objects&amp;sortBy=bsp_dotcom_prod_en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Henry Moore</a>.<ul><li>Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German).</li><li>Lithographs by Henry Moore (English).</li><li>Translated by Andre Gide.</li><li>[Paris]:&nbsp;Henri Jonquières / P. A. Nicaise,&nbsp;1950 (completed in 1951).</li><li>[2], 69 pages of loose folia.&nbsp;</li><li>Illustrated with 14 color lithographs.</li><li>Number 183 of 183.</li><li>Text in French.</li><li>Original brown pictorial wrapper, in original board clamshell box, with red lettering.</li></ul> Henry Moore created the lithographs for Prométhée at the height of his fame, as he began to take on more large-scale public works. Many of his illustrations feature a Dalí-esque stark landscape populated by abstracted epic figures, complimenting Goethe's retelling of the Greek creation myth — a fitting story to be executed by a sculptor.

Prométhée Limited First Edition

Henry MooreStanding Figure: Pointed Head&nbsp;number 6 from an edition of 9bronze Conceived in 1983 and cast in an edition of 9.

Standing Figure: Pointed Head

Henry MooreMother and Child on KneebronzeConceived in 1982, this example is number 4 from the edition of 9inscribed Moore 4/9 on the base&nbsp;15.6 by 11 by 5.5 cm. 6 1/8 by 4 3/8 by 2 1/8 in.

Mother with Child on Knee

Henry MooreSeated Figure on Log&nbsp;bronzeConceived in 1982, this example number 8 from an edition of 9inscribed Moore 8/9 NOACK BERLIN on the base16.3 by 6.7 by 5.2 cm. 6 3/8 by 2 5/8 by 2 in.

Seated Figure on Log

Henry MooreMother and Child: Fragmentbronze Conceived in 1956; this example is number 8 from an edition of 9.

Tree Figure

Henry MooreThree-Quarter Figure: Tubular basebronzeConceived in 1983, this example is number 3 from an edition of 9inscribed Moore 3/9 on the base&nbsp;18.5 by 7.2 by 7.2 cm. 7 1/4 by 2 7/8 by 2 7/8 in.

Three-Quarter Figure: Tubular Base

Henry MooreLeaf Figure No. 4bronze mounted on contemporary wood baseConceived in 1952, the present work is from the edition of 11.60.9 by 15 by 10.3 cm. 24 by 5 7/8 by 4 in.&nbsp;(including base)

Leaf Figure No.4

Henry MooreBonnet Figurebronze Conceived in 1982; this example is number 7 from an edition of 9.

Bonnet Figure

Henry MooreMaquette for Atom Piece&nbsp;bronzeConceived in 1964 and cast in 1970, the present work is number 12 from the edition of 12.signed Moore and numbered 12/12 (on the base)&nbsp;16.9 by 13.5 by 13.5 cm. 6 5/8 by 5 1/4 by 5 1/4 in. (including base)

Maquette for Atom Piece

Henry MooreLeaf Figure No. 3bronzeConceived in 1952, the present work is from the edition of 11.53.6 by 14.5 by 8.5 cm. 21 1/8 by 5 3/4 by 3 3/8 in. (including base)

Leaf Figure No.3

Henry MooreFat Torso&nbsp;bronzeConceived in 1981, this example is number 1 from the edition of 7inscribed Moore 1/7 on the base16.8 by 13.5 by 13.8 cm. 6 5/8 by 5 1/4 by 5 3/8 in.

Fat Torso

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

(Artist's Books) Two French limited edition artist's books, comprising: Mourlot, Fernand; and Jacques Prevert Souvenirs et Portraits d'Artistes. Paris: [Fernand Mourlot: 1972] 4to (323 x 250 mm). Limited edition of 800 copies, this number 4, with 25 mostly color printed lithographs by various artists including Henri Matisse, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Jean Cocteau, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Bernard Buffet, Graham Sutherland, and others; offsetting and bleed-through from the plates, as to be expected. The contents loose, as issued, in original printed paper wrapper, with publisher's gray linen clamshell case, spine titled in black; wrapper toned, evidently from the interior of the clamshell case, a common occurrence with this title, the clamshell case with three spots of fraying and wear at the corners of the spine. [and] (Revue XXe Siecle) San Lazzaro et ses Amis. Paris, XXe siecle, 1975 4to (355 x 262 mm). Limited edition of 575 copies, this number 390, with 15 color lithographs by various artists, including "lithographies originales" by Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Max Ernst, Joan Miro, Henry Moore, Zao Wou-Ki, and others, and with "lithographies en second tirage" by Braque, Fontana, Magritte, Picasso, and others; offsetting and bleed-through, as expected. Loose, as issued, in original printed paper wrapper, publisher's linen clamshell case with spine titled in black, a photographic print of San Lazarro laid down on the interior of the front board; a few tiny spots of soiling to the wrappers, otherwise fine.

View 1 of Lot 434: (Artist's Books) | Two French limited edition artist's books

(artist's books) | two french limited edition artist's books

[Brontë, Emily] Wuthering Heights. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1848 12mo (188 x 125 mm). Foxed, several gatherings dampstained, a few old creases at corners, one or two ink stains. Publisher's ripple-grain cloth, boards stamped in blind, spine lettered and embellished in gilt; overall rubbed with loss and fraying, staining and soiling to cloth, joints starting. The first American edition of the turbulent Gothic romance between Cathy and Heathcliff. "Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same" (71). Wuthering Heights was Emily Brontë's only novel, published after her death and here incorrectly attributed to her sister Charlotte, "the author of Jane Eyre." The misattribution stemmed from the Brontë's London publisher, Thomas Newby, who erroneously believed that the sisters Charlotte, Emily, and Anne—writing under the pen names Currer, Ellis, and Acton, respectively—were in fact one person, an untruth which spread to the novel's American publishers. The true authorship was not revealed to the public until Charlotte's biographical notice was added to the novel's 1850 uniform edition (Smith). The exceptionally scarce first English edition, published in December 1847, was issued in 2 volumes and correctly attributed to Ellis Bell; it also included an additional volume by Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, under her pseudonym Acton. The first American edition, only Wuthering Heights, was published on 21 April 1848, simultaneously issued as a single cloth volume (75¢) and as two parts with paper wrappers (25¢ each), with no priority (Smith). The present copy bears ownership inscriptions from the year of publication: John Henry Williams, who owned the historic Woodlawn house in Nashville, and his daughter Lera, indicating interest from young women readers early on. The volume remained in the Woodlawn library for over a century. The enduring tale of love, class, possession, and jealousy certainly lives on; its star-studded adaptation earlier this year grossed nearly $214 million worldwide. REFERENCES Smith p. 74-75; Symington, p 100; Tinker 389 PROVENANCE John Henry Williams (ownership inscription to title page, dated "Nashville, Sept 1848") — several contemporary manuscript inscriptions and initials to pastedowns — Lera D. Williams (ownership inscription in pencil to endpapers, "Woodlawn Tennessee"; her name is also listed on the pastedown in a different hand) — Mrs. Dorothy Moore, who purchased Woodlawn and its library in 1922 — gifted to Paul Clements in 1982 — thence by descent to the current owner

View 1 of Lot 399: [Brontë, Emily] | Wuthering Heights, first American edition

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