Important Australian and International Fine Art

0024096 Important Australian and International Fine Art Deutscher and Hackett Sydney

Print-out of online catalogue entry of a lot from Deutscher and Hackett's Important Australian and International Fine Art Sale, Sydney, 20 September 2017.

Lot 9: Henry Moore, Reclining Stringed Figure 1939 (LH 199a). Illus. with catalogue informationa and provenance. Catalogue essay by Lucie Reeves-Smith discusses the place of stringed sculpture in Moore's oeuvre; the influence of mathematical models such as those of Fabre de Lagrange in the Science Museum, London, on his work; the use of string in artworks by Moore's contemporaries, including Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo; and Moore's preparatory drawings for the work, of which Stringed Reclining Figures 1938 (HMF 1401) is illustrated.