Henry Moore - Modeler Le Papier Paris | Phillips

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  • Provenance

    Curt Valentin, New York
    Mr and Mrs Harold X. Weinstein
    Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles
    Dr and Mrs David Elterman (acquired from the above in 1959)
    The Estates of Dr and Mrs David Elterman (thence by descent)
    Christie's, London, 7 June 2001, lot 57
    Lillian Heiden berg Fine Art, New York
    Acquired from the above by the present owner

  • Exhibited

    Arts Club of Chicago, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings from Chicago Collections, 1959- 60, no.78
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Henry Moore in Southern California, 2 October - 18 November 1973
    London, Waddington Galleries, Henry Moore: Sculpture & Drawings, 6 - 30 September 2006
    London, The Wallace Collection, Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads, 6 March - 23 June 2019, no.43, pp.91 & 92 (illustrated pp.11 and 93)

  • Literature

    David Sylvester ed., Henry Moore, Volume 2 - Complete Sculpture 1949-54, London, 1955, pl.103 (illustrated)
    Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 4, 1950-76, 2003, no. AG 50.45, HMF 2606, p.22 (illustrated p.23)

Helmet Head: Interior/Exterior Forms

signed and dated 'Moore 50' lower left; inscribed 'Heads (No. 3) (Internal & External Forms)' on the reverse
pencil, crayon and watercolour on paper
39.4 x 57.1 cm (15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
Executed in 1950.

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