Henry Moore (1898-1986)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF FREDERIEKE S. TAYLOR
Henry Moore (1898-1986)

Four Standing Figures

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Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Four Standing Figures
signed and dated 'Moore 51' (lower right) and titled and inscribed 'Four Standing Figures-Family Groups' (upper center)
gouache, brush and ink wash, white wax crayon and pencil on paper
11 3/8 x 9 ¼ in. (29 x 23.5 cm.)
Executed in 1950-1951
Provenance
Pieter and Ida Sanders, Schiedam, The Netherlands (acquired from the artist).
By descent from the above to the late owner.
Literature
H. Read, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1949-1954, London, 1955, vol. 2 (illustrated, pl. 99; titled Metal Standing Figures).
J. Russell, Henry Moore, London, 1968, p. 149, no. 154 (illustrated).
A. Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, 1950-1976, Aldershot, 2003, vol. 4, p. 38, no. AG 50-51.50 (illustrated, p. 39).
Exhibited
Cape Town, National Gallery of South Africa, The Meaning of Sculpture, 1952, no. 71.
Hamburg, Kunsthalle, Henry Moore: Ausstellung von plastiken und zeichnungen veranstaltet vom British Council, 1953-1954, no. 56.
Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller; Dusseldorf, Städtische Kunsthalle; Rotterdam, Museum Boymans-van Beuningen; Baden-Baden, Staatliche Kunsthalle; Bielefeld, Kunsthalle; Darmstadt, Mathildenhöhe and Nuremberg, Städtische Kunstsammlung, Henry Moore, July 1968-spring 1969, no. 74 (illustrated).

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