Graphite, watercolour, coloured pencil on buff wove paper 27.5 x 22 cm. (10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in) Provenance: Charles Rosner, London; Thence by descent to Rene Miles; Anonymous sale; Sale. Bonhams London, Modern British and Irish Art, 29th May, 2013, lot 47; Osborne Samuel, London (label on reverse); Private collection, UK. Literature: Ann Garrould (Ed.), Henry Moore Complete Drawings 1950-76, Volume 4, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2003, p.19, cat. no. AG 50.31 (illus.) The array of figures and studies in the present composition appear to be united solely through the coloured ground, rather than any connection in real space, or through associated sculptures. Moore was known to produce dream-like drawings where figures float and drift set within imagined landscapes and settings, where he explored the potential impact of sculptural works in different environments. While the drawings of figures, particularly the reclining figure and reading woman [Mother and Child?] in the upper right, appear to relate to known sculptures, it is more probable that rather than being studies, the figures are imagined works exploring the beach environment that Moore has constructed.
Graphite, watercolour, coloured pencil on buff wove paper 27.5 x 22 cm. (10 3/4 x 8 5/8 in) Provenance: Charles Rosner, London; Thence by descent to Rene Miles; Anonymous sale; Sale. Bonhams London, Modern British and Irish Art, 29th May, 2013, lot 47; Osborne Samuel, London (label on reverse); Private collection, UK. Literature: Ann Garrould (Ed.), Henry Moore Complete Drawings 1950-76, Volume 4, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2003, p.19, cat. no. AG 50.31 (illus.) The array of figures and studies in the present composition appear to be united solely through the coloured ground, rather than any connection in real space, or through associated sculptures. Moore was known to produce dream-like drawings where figures float and drift set within imagined landscapes and settings, where he explored the potential impact of sculptural works in different environments. While the drawings of figures, particularly the reclining figure and reading woman [Mother and Child?] in the upper right, appear to relate to known sculptures, it is more probable that rather than being studies, the figures are imagined works exploring the beach environment that Moore has constructed.
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