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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Lot 17
18.03.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 17 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 120 000 – 180 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Mother Preparing Child for Bath
signed and dated 'Moore/46' (lower right)
pencil, watercolour, crayon and ink on paper
17 x 20 7/8 in. (43.2 x 53 cm.)
Executed in 1946.




Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist by Sir Kenneth Clark, by 1948.
with Galerie Maeght, New York.
with Rothschild Fine Arts, New York.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 May 1984, lot 171.
Private collection, California, by whom acquired at the above sale.
Their sale; Christie's, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 356.
with Waddington Galleries, London, where purchased by the present owner in June 2016.



Literature

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 352, pl. 328, as 'Woman and Child with Bath'.
K. Clark, Henry Moore: Drawings, London, 1974, p. 324, no. 223, illustrated, as 'Mother and Child in Setting'.
A. Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1940-49, Vol. 3, Much Hadham, 2001, pp. 244-245, no. AG 46.43, HMF 2272, illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Leicester Galleries, New Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Moore, October 1946, p. 14, no. 52, as 'Mother and child in a room'.
Venice, XXIV Biennale di Venezia, May - September 1948, no. 62, as 'Madre con bambino'.
London, Arts Council of Great Britain, Thirty Contemporary Paintings, 1954, no. 19.
London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, November - December 1972, pp. 100-101, no. 49, illustrated.
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