HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. | Landscape with Figures

The Mayor Gallery, London, acquired 9th February 1939
British Institute of Adult Education, London
Sale, Bonhams London, 8th November 2007, lot 37, where acquired by the present owner

London, British Council, 1942- 43 (details untraced);
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Henry Moore: Retrospective Exhibition, 1946-7, cat. no.69, with tour to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco and Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago;
Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Exhibition of Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Moore, 1947, cat. no.24, with tour to Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart; National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide and Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth;
Basel, Galerie Beyeler, Henry Moore: Drawings, Gouaches, Watercolours, May - June 1970, cat. no.84, illustrated.

Geoffrey Grigson, Henry Moore, Penguin, London, 1943, illustrated pl.15;
Herbert Read (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1921- 48, Vol. I, Lund Humphries, London, 1944, cat. no.144b, illustrated;
Robert Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, N. H. Abrams, London, 1970, illustrated pl.199;
Henry Moore, Henry Moore: Wood Sculpture, Universe Publishing, London, 1983, p.113;
Alan Wilkinson, The Drawings of Henry Moore, Tate Gallery Publications, London and New York, 1984, p.283, illustrated pl.199;
Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Drawings 1930-39, Vol. 2, Lund Humphries, London, 1998, cat. no.AG38.55, illustrated p.213.

The sheet has been laid down on board, most probably by the Artist. The edges of the sheet are slightly unevenly cut. There are Artist's pinholes at each corner, not visible in the present mount. The sheet is very slightly faded. This excepting the work appears to be in excellent overall condition, with fresh vivid colours throughout. The work is window mounted and held behind glass in a simple wooden frame. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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The present work is recorded with the Henry Moore Foundation as HMF 1388.