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Henry MooreSculpture Motives1970
1970
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A drawing by Henry Moore. "Sculpture Motives" is a semi-abstract, figurative drawing, ink, watercolor, and wax crayon on paper in beige, white, and black platte by British modern artist Henry Moore. The artwork is signed in the lower right, "Moore 70" and signed on the mount, "For George Lewinski. from H.M.".
Henry Moore was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces. Many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his birthplace, Yorkshire.
Provenance:
A gift from the artist to George Lewinski
Anonymous sale: Sotheby's New York, 7 October 1987, lot 183
Anonymous sale: De Vuyst, Lokeren, 8 October 2005, lot 584
Private Collection
Sale: Christie’s London Modern British & Irish Art, 8 April 2019, Lot 99
Private Collection, California
Heather James Fine Art, California
Literature:
A. Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, Vol. 4, London, 1986, p. 222, no. AG70-71.56, HMF 3294, illustrated.
- Creator:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986, British)
- Creation Year:1970
- Dimensions:Height: 11 in (27.94 cm)Width: 7.875 in (20.01 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Palm Desert, CA
- Reference Number:Seller: 381851stDibs: LU937792022
Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures, which are located around the world as public works of art. As well as sculpture, Moore produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second World War, along with other prints and graphic works on paper.
His forms are usually abstractions of the human figure, typically depicting mother-and-child or reclining figures. Moore's works are usually suggestive of the female body, apart from a phase in the 1950s when he sculpted family groups. His forms are generally pierced or contain hollow spaces. Many interpreters liken the undulating form of his reclining figures to the landscape and hills of his Yorkshire birthplace.
Moore became well known through his carved marble and larger-scale abstract cast bronze sculptures, and was instrumental in introducing a particular form of modernism to the United Kingdom. His ability in later life to fulfil large-scale commissions made him exceptionally wealthy. Despite this, he lived frugally; most of the money he earned went toward endowing the Henry Moore Foundation, which continues to support education and promotion of the arts.
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