HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Reclining Figure Architectural Background I, 1977/80
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Lithograph in Colours on T H Saunders Wove Paper
Paper size: 56 x 64.2 cm. / 22 x 25.2 in.
Image size: 31.7 x 40.7 cm. / 12.5 x 16 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph in colours is hand signed by the artist in pencil “Moore” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin. There were also ten artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition.
It was printed by Curwen Prints Ltd., London and published by Raymond Spencer Company Ltd., from the Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham in 1980.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1980) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1976-1979. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 454
Condition: Very good condition. Time-staining in the margins. Soft creasing in the upper right corner. Remnants of hinging along the upper sheet edge, verso.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Curved Reclining Figure in Landscape II, 1979
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching and Drypoint on Wove Paper
Paper size: 37 x 47 cm. / 14.6 x 18.5 in.
Image size: 19 x 25.5 cm. / 7.5 x 10 in.
Additional Information: This original etching and drypoint is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Moore” at the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 50, at the lower left margin.
It was printed by Michael Rand, London and published by Raymond Spencer Company Ltd., Much Hadham in 1980 in a limited edition of 50 impressions numbered with Arabic numerals. There were also ten artist’s proofs numbered with Roman numerals.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1980). Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1976-1979. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 501
Condition: Good condition. Mount staining in the margins. Remnants of adhesive tape at two points along the upper sheet edge, verso.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Female Torso and Sculpture Ideas I, 1979
Technique: Original Lithograph in Colours on Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 62 cm. / 19.6 x 24.4 in.
Image size: 40.3 x 28.5 cm. / 15.8 x 11.2 in.
Additional Information: This is an original lithograph in colours by Henry Moore titled “Female Torso and Sculpture Ideas I”.
Our impression is a rare printer’s proof that was printed aside the regular edition of 25 signed and numbered impressions plus 10 artist’s proofs. It was printed by Curwen Studio, London, in 1979. It was published a year later by Raymond Spencer Ltd for the Henry Moore Foundation.
Provenance: Acquired from Curwen Chilford Prints Ltd.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1980) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1976-1979. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur.
Reference: Cramer 534.
Condition: Excellent condition.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Reclining Figure Architectural Background II, 1977
Technique: Original Lithograph in Colours on TH Saunders Wove Paper
Paper size: 66.2 x 53.5 cm. / 26 x 21 in.
Image size: 49.8 x 43 cm. / 19.6 x 16.9 in.
Additional Information: This is an original lithograph in colours by Henry Moore titled “Reclining Figure Architectural Background II”.
Our impression is a rare printer’s proof that was printed aside the regular edition of 50 signed and numbered impressions plus 15 artist’s proofs.
It is stamped “Curwen Studio Proof” twice, verso.
This original colour lithograph is by the artist Henry Moore. It was printed by Curwen Studio, London, in 1977. It was published by Christie’s Contemporary Art Ltd. the following year.
The paper bears the blindstamp of the printer in the lower right corner.
Provenance: Acquired from Curwen Chilford Prints Ltd.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1980) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1976-1979. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur.
Reference: Cramer 455
Condition: Good condition. Foxing across the sheet.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Ideas from a Sketchbook, from: Poetry | La Poésie, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 47.2 x 38.5 cm. / 18.6 x 15.2 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed by the artist in pencil with his initials “H.M” at the lower right margins.
The work was printed as part of the portfolio “La Poesie” that included 10 original lithographs by Henry Moore.
It was printed in 1976 by Curwen Studio, London and edited by Art et Poesie in a limited edition of 110 impressions.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1976) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1973-1975. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 324
Condition: Excellent condition.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: The Poets, from: Poetry | Les Poètes, from: La Poésie, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 47.2 x 38.5 cm. / 18.6 x 15.2 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed by the artist in pencil with his initials “H.M” at the lower right margins.
The work was printed as part of the portfolio “La Poesie” that included 10 original lithographs by Henry Moore.
It was printed in 1976 by Curwen Studio, London and edited by Art et Poesie in a limited edition of 110 impressions.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1976) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1973-1975. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 317
Condition: Excellent condition.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Two Heads, from: Poetry | La Poésie, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 47.2 x 38.5 cm. / 18.6 x 15.2 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed by the artist in pencil with his initials “H.M” at the lower right margins.
The work was printed as part of the portfolio “La Poesie” that included 10 original lithographs by Henry Moore.
It was printed in 1976 by Curwen Studio, London and edited by Art et Poesie in a limited edition of 110 impressions.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1976) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1973-1975. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 318
Condition: Excellent condition.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Three Sculptural Forms, from: Poetry | La Poésie, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 47.2 x 38.5 cm. / 18.6 x 15.2 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed by the artist in pencil with his initials “H.M” at the lower right margins.
The work was printed as part of the portfolio “La Poesie” that included 10 original lithographs by Henry Moore.
It was printed in 1976 by Curwen Studio, London and edited by Art et Poesie in a limited edition of 110 impressions.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1976) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1973-1975. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 320
Condition: Excellent condition.
HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Three Reclining Figures, from: Poetry | La Poésie, 1973
Technique: Original Hand Signed Lithograph in Colours on Arches Wove Paper
Paper size: 47.2 x 38.5 cm. / 18.6 x 15.2 in.
Additional Information: This original lithograph is hand signed by the artist in pencil with his initials “H.M” at the lower right margins.
The work was printed as part of the portfolio “La Poesie” that included 10 original lithographs by Henry Moore.
It was printed in 1976 by Curwen Studio, London and edited by Art et Poesie in a limited edition of 110 impressions.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1976) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1973-1975. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 325
Henry Moore is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century and from the late 1940s until his death was recognised as the most celebrated British artist of his time. The son of a Yorkshire miner, he served in the First World War, after which he trained at Leeds School of Art before gaining a scholarship to the Royal College of Art. In the 1930s he taught in London but in 1940, after the bombing of his studio, he moved to Much Hadham in Hertfordshire where he lived for the rest of his life. By the 1930s Moore was already recognized as the leading avant-garde sculptor in England but it was his war drawings of people sheltering from air raids that brought him to the attention of the British public. His wider reputation became assured in 1948 when he won the International Sculpture Prize at the Venice Biennale and from then on came public commissions from all over the world. Moore started printmaking in 1931, and in 1958 met the master lithographer Stanley Jones at the Curwen Press with whom he continued to make prints until the end of his life. The reclining female form and the mother and child were the two themes that preoccupied Moore, both in his sculpture and printmaking
Henry Moore is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest sculptors of the 20th century and from the late 1940s until his death was recognised as the most celebrated British artist of his time. The son of a Yorkshire miner, he served in the First World War, after which he trained at Leeds School of Art before gaining a scholarship to the Royal College of Art. In the 1930s he taught in London but in 1940, after the bombing of his studio, he moved to Much Hadham in Hertfordshire where he lived for the rest of his life. By the 1930s Moore was already recognized as the leading avant-garde sculptor in England but it was his war drawings of people sheltering from air raids that brought him to the attention of the British public. His wider reputation became assured in 1948 when he won the International Sculpture Prize at the Venice Biennale and from then on came public commissions from all over the world. Moore started printmaking in 1931, and in 1958 met the master lithographer Stanley Jones at the Curwen Press with whom he continued to make prints until the end of his life. The reclining female form and the mother and child were the two themes that preoccupied Moore, both in his sculpture and printmaking
