Description & Technical information

Date:  1948
Period:  20th century
Origin:  England
Medium: Pencil, Pen, Ink, Gouache on paper, Wax crayon, Watercolour wash
Signature: Signed lower right: Moore.

Dimensions: 29.2 x 23.8 cm (11¹/₂ x 9³/₈ inches)
Provenance: James Alsdorf, Winnetka
Richard Feigen, Chicago
Dr. and Mrs. Gerhard Straus, Milwaukee and Palm Beach
New York, Christie's auction, 1983
William Rubin, New York
Private collection, New York, by descent from the previous owner
Private collection

Literature: - William Rubin, Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, p. 605 repr.
- Garrould, Ann, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1940-49, III, Henry Moore Foundation with Lund Humphries, 2001, no. AG 47-49.14, p. 262, repr. 263

This drawing is registered at the Henry Moore Foundation under the reference HMF 2409.

Exhibitions: New York, Museum of Modern Art, Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 1984-1985
Categories: Paintings, Drawings & Prints