Works from the Collection of Elaine G. Weitzen, Sold to Benefit the Elaine G. Weitzen Foundation For Fine Arts

Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Ideas for Sculpture

Details

Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Ideas for Sculpture
signed and dated 'Moore 54.' (lower left)
watercolor, colored wax crayons, colored pencils, pastel, pen and India ink and pencil on paper laid down on board
11 x 7 1/8 in. (27.9 x 18.3 cm.)
Executed circa 1937 and 1954

Provenance

Harold Diamond, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, circa 1960.

Literature

A. Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, 1950-1976, London, 2004, vol. 4, p. 58, no. AG 54.3 (illustrated, p. 59).

Lot Essay

According to Ann Garrould, "During the mid-1950s Moore took a number of 1930s sketchbook pages, mostly pencil studies, which he redrew in a mixture of other media. Though each has been given a 1930s date on stylistic grounds, it is not possible to ascribe them to any particular sketchbook" (op. cit.).

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