Henry Moore

"Sculptor as Painter"

Original drawings, watercolors, and limited edition graphics

February - March, 2008

Modern Masters: Limited Edition Prints

Modern Masters : Rare Originals

Rufino Tamayo Exhibition

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MO57 "Family with Child" 1944

ink, watercolor and crayon on paper

SOLD

MO52 “Family with Child” ca. 1958

Gouache with watercolor on board

7 x 9 ½ inches SOLD

MO53 “Reclining Figure”

Watercolor & crayon on heavy paper. Signed lower right.

Image: 7-3/8 x 11 ½ inches

MO54 "Studies of Mother and Child”

Ink and watercolor on paper. Signed lower right.

Image: 14 ½ x 19 inches

SOLD

M056 “Reclining Figure II”

Image: 6 ¼ x 8 7/16 inches

SOLD

MO4 “Two Standing Figures” 1949

Large scale silkscreen printed in colors

on beige linen, signed in black brush.

From a limited edition of 30.

103 x 71 inches

MO27 “Opening Form II” 1979

Color lithograph, one of fifteen artist proofs, signed

and inscribed “A.P”, aside from the edition of 50.

I: 9¾ x 11 inches

MO29 “Five Reclining Figures” 1979

Color lithograph, a numbered artist proof

aside from the edition of 50.

P: 18¾ x 25½ I: 10 x 17

MO30 “Female Torso and Sculpture Ideas II” 1979

Color lithograph hand signed and numbered.

I: 11 x 15¾ inches

MO32 “Seated Figures” 1974

A suite of six color lithograph artist proofs, hand signed

and numbered, aside from the published edition of 50

and 10 hors comerce.

8½ x 7 inches

MO34 “Seated Figure” SOLD

III from the portfolio of VI

Image: 9 x 7¾ inches

MO41 “Three Reclining Figures,” 1971

Color lithograph, hand signed, dated 1972

and numbered from an edition of 90,

aside from 10 artist proofs.

P: 25¾ x 19¾ inches I: 11¾ x 9

MO43 “Three Reclining Figures”

MO44 “Two Standing Figures,” 1970-71

Color aquatint etching and drypoint, hand signed

and numbered, aside from 10 artist proofs.

P: 20¼ x 14 I: 11 x 7¾

MO17 "Reclining Figure Architectual Background IV," 1977

Lithograph on TH Saunders paper. An artist's proof, hand signed in pencil, from the unnumbered series of 5.

13 x 15 inches (framed 32¼ x 34)

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Eleonore Austerer Gallery

Two decades

of excellence

1988-2008

Modern Masters: Limited Edition Prints

Modern Masters Rare Originals

Current Tamayo Exhibition

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Henry Moore (1898-1986) was the most important British sculptor of the Twentieth Century and an internationally esteemed artist of his time. Yet his original drawings and graphic works on paper still remain a surprising discovery to many collectors.

During the Second World War, Moore executed a remarkable series of sketches in the London underground stations, which functioned as air raid shelters during the Blitz. There he found himself surrounded by fearful mothers clutching their children, openly displaying their emotions. These moments inspired his most tender family group drawings and prints, which for the most part served as preparatory renderings for many of his sculptures in the coming years.

On display in our exhibition “The Art of Henry Moore” are about 20 works from the years 1944 through 1979 executed in various mediums: original gouache and watercolor; ink, crayon and watercolor drawings; lithographs; etchings with aquatint and drypoint.

MO52 “Family with Child” ca. 1958

SOLD

MO53 “Reclining Figure”

21 x 25 ½ inches framed

MO54 "Studies of Mother and Child”

framed 30 ¼ x 34 ½ inches

SOLD

M056 “Reclining Figure II” SOLD

MO55 “Reclining Figure”

watercolor and crayon on heavy paper.

I/P: 6 ¾ x 10 inches

SOLD

Textile printing as in "Two Standing Firgures" (left) appealed to Moore and other artists such as Matisse and Calder, because it allowed them to realize monumental compositions on a suitable scale.