ID 1176668
Lot 213 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 12 000 – 18 000
Reclining Woman
signed and dated 'Moore/28.' (lower right), signed again 'Henry Moore' (on the backboard)
ink, chalk and watercolour on paper
13 x 16 ½ in. (33 x 42 cm.)
Executed in 1928.
Provenance
Lew Kaplan.
with Lambeth Arts, London.
Acquired by the present owner in 2018.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, Aspects of Twentieth Century Art, Henry Moore Recent Work Life Drawings, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1962, n.p., no. 85, illustrated.
K. Clark, Henry Moore Drawings, London, 1974, p. 314, pl. 20, as 'Life Drawing, Reclining Nude'.
A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, The Drawings of Henry Moore, Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1977, pp. 58-59, no. 37, as 'Life Drawing: Reclining Nude', illustrated.
Exhibition catalogue, In Praise of Life, Henry Moore: Drawings and Scuptures, Tokyo, The Seibu Museum of Art, 1978, n.p., no. 30, as 'Life Drawing: Reclining Nude', illustrated.
A. Garrould, Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1916-29, London, 1996, p. 187, no. AG 28.78, HMF 564, illustrated.
Exhibited
London, Marlborough Fine Art, Aspects of Twentieth Century Art, Henry Moore Recent Work Life Drawings, July - August 1962, no. 85.
Toronto, British Council, Art Gallery of Ontario, The Drawings of Henry Moore, November - December 1977, no. 37, as 'Life Drawing: Reclining Nude': this exhibition travelled to Iwaki-Shi, Shimin Art Gallery Museum, January - February 1978; Kanagawa, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum, February - March 1978; Kumamoto, Kumamoto Municipal Museum, April 1978; Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, April - March 1978, no. 30; and London, Tate Gallery, June - August 1978.
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Chalk, Painted, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic, Stone |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Pencil, Chalk, Painted, Watercolor |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic, Stone |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Israel, Asia |
| Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Watercolors and drawings |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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