LOT DETAILS

Materials:

pencil, ink, charcoal, colored crayon and watercolor on paper

Measurements:

22.95 in. (58.30 cm.) (height) by 17.91 in. (45.50 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Moore/42' (lower right)

Exhibited:

London, Leicester Galleries, Exhibitions of Living Irish Art: new sculpture and drawings by Henry Moore, October 1946, no. 73, as 'Reclining figure (drawing for elm sculpture, No. 1)'. London, Brook Street Gallery, Henry Moore: Watercolours, drawings, lithographs, April 1969, no. 8, as 'Project for Sculpture'. London, Royal Academy, Henry Moore, September - December 1988, ex-catalogue. Salzburg, Galerie Welz, Henry Moore Bronzen und Graphik, July - September 1994, no. 29.

Literature:

K. Clark, Henry Moore Drawings, London, 1974, p. 322, no. 185, illustrated, as 'Ideas for Sculpture'. Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Bronzen und Graphik, Salzburg, Galerie Welz, 1994, no. 29, illustrated. A. Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore, Complete Drawings: 1940-49, London, 2001, pp. 166-167, no. AG 42.186, HMF 2075, illustrated.

Provenance:

with Leicester Galleries, London. Anonymous sale; Sotheby’s, London, 26 April 1961, lot 20, where purchased by Marlborough Fine Art, London. Mrs David Crackanthorpe, her sale; Sotheby’s, London, 3 April 1963, lot 145, where purchased by Piccadilly Gallery, London. Alice Harris, USA. Acquired by the grandfather of the previous owner circa 1986. Their sale; Sotheby's, London, 24 June 2014, lot 213, where purchased by the present owner.