Accession number
MG 143
Creator
Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Date made
20th century AD
Materials
chalk; crayon and watercolour on paper
Collection
Dimensions (cm)
Archival information
File of material relating to a drawing, 'Abstract Figures' by Henry Moore. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); photocopy of letter (27 April 1999) from Anita Feldman Bennet, Assistant Curator, The Henry Moore Foundation, Dane Tree House, Perry Green, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, to Ciaran McGonigal, Director, Hunt Museum, in relation to four works by Moore in the Hunt Museum. The Henry Moore Foundation was unaware that the Hunt Museum has these objects. In relation to present object, states that its last known whereabouts were as lot 143, Sothebys, London, on 28 March 1962; photocopy of extract from Sothebys catalogue of sale (c. 28 March 1962) which briefly describes the drawing; copy of letter (14 April 2005) from Fiona Davern, Registrar Hunt Museum, to Anita Feldman Bennet, requesting to know if she has information about the whereabouts of the present object prior to the 1962 Sothebys auction. File of material relating to a drawing, 'Abstract Figures' by Henry Moore. Includes photocopy of information card with photocopy of image of object (date unspecified); photocopy of letter (27 April 1999) from Anita Feldman Bennet, Assistant Curator, The Henry Moore Foundation, Dane Tree House, Perry Green, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire, to Ciaran McGonigal, Director, Hunt Museum, in relation to four works by Moore in the Hunt Museum. The Henry Moore Foundation was unaware that the Hunt Museum has these objects. In relation to present object, states that its last known whereabouts were as lot 143, Sothebys, London, on 28 March 1962; photocopy of extract from Sothebys catalogue of sale (c. 28 March 1962) which briefly describes the drawing; copy of letter (14 April 2005) from Fiona Davern, Registrar Hunt Museum, to Anita Feldman Bennet, requesting to know if she has information about the whereabouts of the present object prior to the 1962 Sothebys auction. This drawing is noted in the Henry Moore archives as HMF 1489a.
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Technique
Copyright Attribution
Drawing, Abstract Figures | Henry Moore (1898-1986) | chalk, crayon and watercolour on paper | 20th century | The Hunt Collection | In Copyright