Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Property from the Collection of Joan and Preston Robert Tisch
Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Seated Female Nude

Details
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Seated Female Nude
signed and dated 'Moore 29.' (lower right)
brush and black ink and ink wash, charcoal, white chalk and pencil on paper
23 ¼ x 16 ¼ in. (59.2 x 40.6 cm.)
Executed in 1929
Provenance
Sir Michael Sadler, Oxford.
The Leicester Galleries (Ernest Brown & Phillips), Ltd., London (acquired from the above).
Dr. Letterman, United Kingdom.
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York.
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York.
Acquired from the above by the late owners, September 1989.
Literature
A. Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, 1916-1929, London, 1996, vol. 1, p. 212, no. AG 29.20 (illustrated, p. 213; with incorrect dimensions).
Exhibited
London, The Leicester Galleries (Ernest Brown & Phillips), Ltd., New Year Exhibition of Pictures, Drawings and Sculpture by Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Artists, January 1955, p. 7, no. 34.
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Iwaki City, Fukushima, Shimin Art Gallery Museum; Ishikawa Prefectural Museum of Art; Kumamoto Municipal Museum; Tokyo, Seibu Gallery and London, Tate Gallery, The Drawings of Henry Moore, November 1977-August 1978, pp. 59 and 61, no. 44 (illustrated, p. 60).

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