The Art & Design Sale

0024234 The Art & Design Sale Cheffins Cambridge

Catalogue for a sale. 11 lots are from the collection of Gigi Crompton (née Richter). Introduction to the lots (p.79) mentions Richter's association with liberal artistic circles in post-war London, naming Moore and Barbara Hepworth as close friends, and mentioning her relationship with Roland Penrose. Also contains an essay on Richter's association with Moore, featuring comparative photographs of Richter in the studio at No.7, the Mall, Hampstead, which she rented from him. In one of the photographs, a Moore sculpture owned by Richter is visible.

Lots 325-327 comprise several letters, postcards, and a telegram from Moore to Richter. One letter discusses Moore's first visit to the USA and his 1946 retrospective at MoMA; others mention Moore works owned by Richter or which Moore stored in Hampstead while Richter was renting his studio.

Lots 328 and 329 are a pencil drawing (HMF 2378a) and a lithograph (related to HMF 1438) by Moore owned by Richter.

Two further lots not from Richter's collection are Henry Moore graphics: lots 408 and 409, Elephant Skull Plate XXI and Elephant Skull Plate XX.