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The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Collection

Henry Moore

Seated Shelter Figures

Session begins in

November 21, 03:30 PM GMT

Estimate

300,000 - 500,000 USD

Bid

220,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

The Matthew and Carolyn Bucksbaum Collection

Henry Moore

1898 - 1986 


Seated Shelter Figures

signed Moore and dated 41 (lower right)

wax crayon, ink wash, chalk, brush and ink, pen and ink, watercolor and pencil on paper

15 by 18 in. 

38.1 by 45.7 cm. 

Executed in 1941.

Sir Colin Anderson, Gloucestershire (acquired directly from the artist in 1941) 

Christie's, London, 18 November 2005, lot 34 (consigned by the estate of the above)

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner 

Newport, Institute for Adult Education, Art for the People, 1945, no. 49

Corsham, Bath Academy of Art, 1946

London, Tate Gallery, The Private Collector: An Exhibition of Pictures and Sculpture Belonging to Members of the Contemporary Art Society, 1950, no. 155

West Yorkshire, Wakefield Art Gallery, Personal Choice: Paintings from Nine Private Collections, 1953, no. 13

Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Henry Moore Sculptures and Drawings, 1953, no. 71

Recklinghausen, Ruhr Miners Festival Exhibition, 1955, no. 111

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Henry Moore Shelter Drawings, 1967, no. 101

Kenneth Clark, Henry Moore Drawings, London, 1974, no. 155, n.p., illustrated; p. 321

Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1940-49, vol. III, London, 2001, no. AG 41.74, p. 98, illustrated; p. 99