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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 14, 2025 | Sotheby's | New York | Selections from The Museum of Modern Art: c. 1900–1990 | 15 | $****** - ****** | Women Winding Wool |
Works on Paper
34.9 x 63.5 cm (13.75 x 25 in)
wax crayon and watercolor on paper
signed Moore and dated 49 (lower left)
Curt Valentin, New York (acquired directly from the artist in 1951)
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pope, Washington, D.C.
Acquired as a gift from the above in 1962
New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture Collected by Yale Alumni , May - June 1960, no. 204, p. 196, illustrated
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, 60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions , August - September 1963
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Art in a Changing World: 1884-1964: Drawings from the Museum Collections: A Selection , May 1964 - March 1965, no. 46
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Drawings from the Museum Collection , October 1966 - May 1967
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Drawings: Recent Acquisitions , June - November 1967
London, Tate Gallery, Henry Moore , July - September 1968, no. 215
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, British Drawings , March - May 1977
Paris, Orangerie des Tuileries, Henry Moore: Sculptures et dessins , May - August 1977, no. 212
Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario; Iwaki City, Fukushima, Shimin Art Gallery Museum; Kanazawa City, Ishikawa, Prefectural Museum; Kumamoto Municipal Museum; Tokyo, Seibu Gallery and London, Tate Gallery, The Drawings of Henry Moore , November - December 1977 (Toronto); January - February 1978 (Fukushima); February - March 1978 (Ishikawa); April 1978 (Tokyo) and June - August 1978 (London), no. 218, p. 121, illustrated; p. 129 (Tate)
Cleveland Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and London, The British Museum, A Century of Modern Drawing from The Museum of Modern Art: 1881-1981 , October - December 1982 (Cleveland); January - April 1983 (Boston); June - September 1983 (London), no. 131, fig. 85, illustrated
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Moore: 60 Years of His Art , May 1983 - September 1983, p. 69
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Sculptors" Drawings , April - September 1986
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Henry Moore , September - December 1988, no. 171, pp. 155, illustrated; p. 256
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Watercolors: Selections from the Permanent Collection , March - May 1989
New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Modern British Drawings: A Selection from the Collection , June - September 1994
Dallas Museum of Art; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor and Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, Henry Moore Retrospective , February - May 2001 (Dallas); June - September 2001 (San Francisco); October 2001 - January 2002 (Washington D.C.), no. 182, p. 185, illustrated
Athens, Gagosian, Henry Moore and Greece , September - October 2024
Paris, Gagosian, Moore and Malaparte: Rhythm and Form , January - March 2025
Herbert Read, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings , vol. II, London, 1965, pl. 87, illustrated; p. 325
Kenneth Clark, Henry Moore Drawings , New York, 1974, pl. 242, illustrated
Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1940-49 , vol. III, London, 1994, no. AG 49.13, p. 292, illustrated
Property of The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Sold to Benefit its Acquisitions Program
Henry Moore
1898 - 1986
Women Winding Wool
signed Moore and dated 49 (lower left)
wax crayon and watercolor on paper
13 ¾ by 25 in.
34.8 by 63.6 cm.
Executed in 1949.
