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Lot 47AR

Henry Moore O.M., C.H.
(British, 1898-1986)
Figures on the Beach 28 x 22.6 cm. (11 x 8 7/9 in.)

29 May 2013, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £13,125 inc. premium

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Henry Moore O.M., C.H. (British, 1898-1986)

Figures on the Beach
pencil, watercolour and crayon
28 x 22.6 cm. (11 x 8 7/9 in.)
HMF 2629a

Footnotes

PROVENANCE:
Charles Rosner, London
Thence by descent to Rene Miles
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1980s

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 (ill.b&w)

The present work is a page from Moore's 1950 sketchbook. Ann Garrould elaborates 'The Figures on the beach at Frinton are probably the four-year-old Mary with her father, her uncle George and an unknown man. The faint sketch of a girl looking down may be of Moore's niece.' (Ann Garrould, Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1950-76, Volume 4, The Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2003, p.19).

Charles Rosner, Hungarian by birth, was the founder of The Sylvan Press and author of a number of notable publications on typography and printmaking.

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