Lot Details
Lot 38
Henry Spencer Moore
British, 1898-1986
Set of Helmet Heads, 1951
Signed and dated Moore 51/ P (lr); inscribed 74/ Ser...s of Helmet Heads (ul) and Armour/Heads L./Female armour/Woman in armour/Wallace Collection (cr)
Pencil, chalk, and wash on paper
11 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches (28.6 x 23.2 cm)
Provenance:
Sale, Christie's, London, 1963
Brook Street Gallery, London
Alan Auslander Gallery, New York
M. Knoedler and Co., Inc., New York
William Weiss, Oyster Bay, New York, acquired from the above on Sep. 16, 1965
Private collection, U.S.
Literature:
Henry Moore, Complete Drawings, Vol. 4, no. AG 50-51.33, pp. 34, 35, illus.
Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings Since 1948, Vol. 2, with an introduction by Herbert Read, 1955, pl. 105
Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings Since 1948, Vol. 2, with an introduction by Herbert Read (Second Edition, revised), London, 1965, pl. 105
Robert Melville, Henry Moore Sculpture and Drawings, 1970, pl. 425
Alan G. Wilkinson, The Drawings of Henry Moore, New York, 1984, pl. 239
According to M. Knoedler & Co., this work was signed and dated by the artist during a visit to New York City on September 22, 1965.
C The Christine Biddle Wainwright Collection
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