Henry Moore Artwork Catalogue
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Catalogue for modern and contemporary art sale at Galerie Kornfeld, Bern. One HM lot: Lot 421 (p.125) is Upright Motive B (LH 587 cast 9). Illus. with catalogue information. Estimate: €20,000.
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.
Catalogue for a sale with one Henry Moore work: lot 8 is Square Form (LH 168), with one page provenance, exhibition history, and bibliography, and nine pages of lot essay and comparative images. LH 168 also illustrated on the cover of the catalogue.
Two sculptures and two drawings by Moore included in the sale.
Lot 142: LH 429
Lot 143: HMF 1502
Lot 156: LH 676
Lot 161: HMF 2444
Sale of works from the Rae Rothfield collection. One Henry Moore: lot 20 is a bronze Reclining Figure: Wing (LH 749a cast 6). Illus. with commentary.
Catalogue for evening sale at Sotheby's Australia in Sydney. Lot 116 (p.57) is the 1979 drawing Three Figures in a Room (illus.), with provenance, literature, and exhibition history.
Catalogue for sale at Christie's New York, with nine Henry Moore works offered.
Lot 164: Ideas for Sculpture 1937
Lot 166: Madonna and Child Studies 1943
Lot 168: Four Standing Figures 1951
Lot 334: Upright Motive: Maquette No.12
Lot 377: Reclining Figure: Snake (with commentary)
Lot 380: Maquette for Three Standing Figures (with commentary)
Lot 382: Mother and Child (with commentary and comparative illus. of LH 182, Stringed Relief)
Lot 385: Study for Head of a Warrior
Lot 456: Relief: Seated and Standing Mother and Child
13 Moore works in the sale, including a group of sculptures from the collection of I.M. Pei. All works illus.
Lot 104: Pallas Heads 1954. Brief commentary.
Lot 193: Seated Figures 1942 with two page commentary and comparative illustrations of Three Standing Figures, Grey Tube Shelter, and Moore in the London Underground during the filming of Out of Chaos.
Lot 361: Architecture Prize 1979 bronze, from the collection of I.M. Pei. Brief commentary.
Lot 363: Reclining Figure 1985 bronze, from the collection of I.M. Pei. Brief commentary.
Lot 364: Reclining Figure 1985 plaster, from the collection of I.M. Pei. Illus of base with dedication from Moore to Pei written on. Brief commentary.
Lot 368: Working Model for Mirror Knife Edge bronze, from the collection of I.M. Pei. Comparative illustration of Mirror Knife Edge outside the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Brief commentary.
Lot 493: Study for Head of a Warrior 1953 bronze.
Lot 494: Maquette for Three Piece No.3: Vertebrae 1968 bronze.
Lot 495: Caricature Head 1978 bronze.
Lot 496: Maquette for Mother and Child 1975 bronze.
Lot 497: Mother and Child: Ovals 1979 bronze.
Lot 498: Man and Woman I 1978 bronze.
Lot 499: Family Group 1948 bronze. Comparative illus. of Harlow Family Group outside St. Mary-at-Latton Church. Brief commentary.
Catalogue for a sale at Shinwa auctions. One Henry Moore work: lot 55 (p.120) is Seated Mother and Baby 1978 (LH 749). Illus., with catalogue information in English and Japanese.
Catalogue of works from the collection of Dorothy and Richard Sherwood, being sold at 14 Christie's auctions over the course of 2019. Entries for two works by Henry Moore: Three Seated Figures 1940 (HMF 1506) and Mother and Child 1939 (LH 201). Comparative illustrations of Reclining Figure: Festival (LH 293) and Moore drawing in the Top Studio, Perry Green. Commentary on both works.
Discussion of Three Seated Figures draws comparisons to Picasso's Guernica, ancient Egyptian stone carvings (in particular a limestone statue of Inyotef, c.1950 BC), and the Three Fates and Three Graces of Greco-Roman mythology. Commentary on Mother and Child focuses on Moore's use of string in his sculpture, and mentions Stringed Relief (LH 182).
Front- and endpapers both show illustrations of Sherwood family home with LH 201 in situ.
Christie's evening sale with three Henry Moore lots.
Lot 2a: Two Women and Child (HMF 2500), with two pages of commentary and comparative images.
Lot 9a: Three Seated Figures (HMF 1506), with commentary and comparative illus. of Moore at work in Top Studio.
Lot 50a: Working Model for Locking Piece (LH 514 cast 5), with commentary and comparative illus. of Moore with plaster Locking Piece.
Catalogue for evening sale on 19th and day sale on 20th June 2019 in London.
Evening sale: One Moore lot, illus:
Lot 14: Pointed Torso 1969
Day sale: Four Moore lots, all illus.
Lot 344: Nineteen Studies for Mother and Child 1940.
Lot 346: Reclining Figures 1948
Lot 346a: Woman Seated at a Small Table 1980
Lot 347: Reclining Figure: Fragment 1952
Nine Henry Moore lots: four drawings and five sculptures. Introductory essay for lots 12-15, along with five comparative images related to these lots. First five lots have brief comments on the works; later lots have only provenance and exhibition history.
Lot 7: Three Women in a Shelter (HMF 1759)
Lot 12: Maquette for Mother and Child with Apple (LH 406a)
Lot 13: Reclining Figure: Snake (LH 208a)
Lot 14: Maquette for Mother and Child: Arms (LH 697)
Lot 15: Reclining Nude: Crossed Feet (LH 788)
Lot 133: Standing Nude (HMF 512)
Lot 153: Bird (LH 393)
Lot 174: Seated Mother and Child I (HMF 82(96))
Lot 175: Man and Woman on Beach (HMF 81(376))
Lot 20b. Three Standing Figures, 1953 (LH 322, cast f) illust. with accompanying text. Text also includes comparative images of Mural, 1943, Jackson Pollock; Vier Frauen auf einem Sockel, 1950; and Double Standing Figure, 1950 (LH 291).
Lot 113: Maquette for Reclining Figure, 1945 (LH 242, cast d), text and illust.
Lot 268: Square Head, 1960 (LH 466, cast 8) illust.
Lot 269: Mother and Child: Round Form, 1980 (LH 789, cast 1) illust.
Lot 387: Working Model for Seated Figure: Arms Outstretched, 1960 (LH 463a, cast 2) text with comparative image of Cezanne's Bather With Outstreched Arms and illust.
Lot 393: Maquette for Seated Woman, 1956 (LH 434, cast c) text and illust, along with comparative image of Seated Woman, 1957 (LH 435).
Lot 394: Animal Form, 1959 (LH 443, cast c) illust.
Lot 48. Reclining Figure on a Pedestal, 1959-60 (LH 456, cast c) illust. with accompanying text. Text also includes biographical image of Moore, alongside the plaster of Reclining Figure on a Pedestal on view at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto.
Three Moore drawings offered, all illus and with provenance details.
lot 504: Drawing for Sculpture 1936 (HMF 1252)
lot 505: Helmet Heads 1961 (HMF 3054)
lot 512: Standing and Seated Figures c.1948 (HMF 2440a)