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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Henry Moore, Reclining Figures, 1939

Henry Moore

Reclining Figures, 1939
Pencil, crayon, chalk, watercolour, pen and ink on paper laid down on card
10 1/8 x 17 1/8 in, 25.7 x 43.6 cm
Signed and dated 'Moore 39' lower right
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Provenance

Roger Senhouse, London

With Redfern Gallery, London

Lew Kaplan

With Lefevre Gallery, London

Private Collection, London (acquired from the above in 1972 or shortly after)

Exhibitions

Brussels, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Henry Moore : Sculptures et Dessins, 1949-50, no. 71 (travelled to: Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne, Amsterdam, Stedilijk Museum; Hamburg, Kunsthalle; Düsseldorf, Städtische Kunstsammlung; Berne, Kunsthalle)

London, Tate Gallery, Sculpture and Drawings by Henry Moore, 2 May – 29 July 1951, no. 101

Berlin, Schloss Charlottenburg, Moderne Englische Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, 1951-52, no. 38 (travelled to: Vienna, Graphische Sammlung Albertina; Linz, Neue Galerie de Stadt)

Hanover, Kestner-Gesellschaft, Henry Moore, 1953-54, no. 43 (travelled to: Munich, Haus der Kunst; Frankfurt, Städelisches Kunstinstitut; Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie; Mannheim, Städtische Kunsthalle; Bremen, Kunsthalle; Göttingen, Stadverwaltung Göttingen; Berlin, Der Senat für Volksbildung)

Rye, Rye Art Gallery, Henry Moore, 10 April - 4 May 1968, no. 31
London, Lefevre Gallery, Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, 30 November - 23 December 1972, no. 42

Literature

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, pl. 219, illus.

A. Wilkinson, The Drawings of Henry Moore, London, 1984, pl. 210, illus.

A. Garrould, Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, 1930-39, Vol. II, London, 1998, no. AG39-40.14, p. 232, illus.
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