ID 1176681
Lot 243 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 6 000 – 8 000
Textile Design: Standing Figures
signed 'Moore' and erroneously dated by the artist '52' (lower right)
ink, watercolour, wax crayon and gouache on paper
6 7⁄8 x 9 7⁄8 in. (17.6 x 25.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1943.
Provenance
Ezio Gribaudo, Turin, by 1971.
Acquired from the above in the 1970s.
Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 October 2004, lot 286.
Private collection, Greece.
Acquired from the above by the previous owner in 2016.
Their sale; Christie's, London, 21 June 2018, lot 197, where purchased by the present owner.
Literature
D. Mitchinson, Henry Moore: Unpublished Drawings, New York, 1971, pp. XIII-XIV, pl. 176, incorrectly dated '1952'.
Exhibition catalogue, I Disegni di Henry Moore, Turin, Galleria d'Arte Davico, 1972, n.p., illustrated.
A. Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1984-86, Addenda and Index 1916-86, Vol. 7, Much Hadham, 2003, no. HMF 2126b, illustrated.
Exhibited
Rome, Galleria Lo Spazio, Henry Moore: Disegni dal 1928 al 1971 della Collezione del Maestro, March - April 1972, no. 34, catalogue not traced.
Turin, Galleria d'Arte Davico, I Disegni di Henry Moore, 1972, catalogue not traced: this exhibition travelled to Milan, Galleria Bon à Tirer, 1972, catalogue not traced.
Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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Applied technique: | Crayon, Painted, Watercolor |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
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: | Crayon, Painted, Watercolor |
Medium: | Acrylic glass, Plastic |
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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Conditions of purchase | Conditions of purchase |
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