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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nov 14, 2017 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale | 137 | $****** - ****** | Ideas for Sculpture | |||
Nov 14, 2017 | Christie's | New York | Impressionist and Modern Art Works on Paper Sale | 137 | $****** - ****** | Ideas for Sculpture |
Works on Paper
25.5 x 43.4 cm (10.04 x 17.09 in)
watercolor, colored wax crayons, pen and black ink and pencil on paper laid down on paper
signed and dated 'Moore 40' (lower left) and inscribed (throughout)
Dr. Cooper; sale, Christie's, London, 9 December 1960, lot 19.
Marlborough Fine Art, Ltd., London (acquired at the above sale).
M.F. Feheley, Toronto (by 1967).
Theo Waddington, Inc., Montreal.
Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London (acquired from the above).
Howard Russeck Fine Art, Palm Beach (acquired from the above).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, circa 1979.
Venice, XXIV Esposizione Internationale d’Arte, May-September 1948, no. 57.
Berlin, Schloss Charlottenberg; Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina and Linz, Neue Galerie der Stadt, Moderne Englische Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 1951-1952, no. 40.
Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft; Munich, Haus der Kunst; Frankfurt, Städelsches Kunstinstitut; Staatsgalerie Stuttgart; Städtische Kunsthalle Mannheim; Kunsthalle Bremen; Stadverwaltung Göttengen and Berlin, Der Senat für Volksbildung, Henry Moore, Ausstellung von Plastiken und Zeichnungen, 1953-1954, no. 47.
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Charlottetown, Confederation Art Gallery and Museum; Quebec, Musée des Beaux-Arts; St. Johns, Arts and Cultural Centre; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada and Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Henry Moore in Toronto Collections, October 1967-September 1968, no. 33.
Toronto, Art Gallery of York University, Henry Moore, Drawings, Bronzes and Graphics from the Feheley Collection, February-March 1974, no. 17.
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore, Sculptures et dessins, May-August 1977, p. 194, no. 169 (illustrated).
London, Waddington Graphics, Henry Moore, Drawings and Watercolours, 1927-1959, July 1979, no. 14 (illustrated).
H. Read, Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, London, 1949, vol. 1 (illustrated, pl. 156).
A. Garrould, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Drawings, 1930-1939, London, 1998, vol. 2, p. 237, no. AG 39-40.30 (illustrated).
signed and dated 'Moore 40' (lower left) and inscribed (throughout)
watercolor, colored wax crayons, pen and black ink and pencil on paper laid down on paper
10 x 17 1/8 in. (25.5 x 43.4 cm.)
Executed in 1940
