Lot Essay
The present work is a study for the sculpture Madonna and Child in the Church of St. Matthew, Northampton.
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PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Madonna and Child Studies
Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Madonna and Child Studies
signed and dated 'Moore 43.' (lower left) and inscribed 'Top lighting' (upper center)
pen and India ink, brush and gray wash, colored wax crayons and pencil on paper
7 ¼ x 6 7/8 in. (18.4 x 17.5 cm.)
Executed in 1943
Madonna and Child Studies
signed and dated 'Moore 43.' (lower left) and inscribed 'Top lighting' (upper center)
pen and India ink, brush and gray wash, colored wax crayons and pencil on paper
7 ¼ x 6 7/8 in. (18.4 x 17.5 cm.)
Executed in 1943
Provenance
Pierre Loeb Gallery, Paris.
Lee Kolker, New York (circa 1950).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 16 December 1964, lot 127.
Pita Kapnek, Johannesburg; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 13 December 1967, lot 185.
Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, January 1986.
Lee Kolker, New York (circa 1950).
Anon. sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 16 December 1964, lot 127.
Pita Kapnek, Johannesburg; sale, Sotheby & Co., London, 13 December 1967, lot 185.
Vanderwoude Tananbaum Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the present owners, January 1986.
Literature
A. Garrould, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1940-49, London, 2001, vol. 3, p. 195, no. AG 43.102 (illustrated, p. 194).
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