Eight Reclining Figures
Eight Reclining Figures

© The Henry Moore Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Eight Reclining Figures
Eight Reclining Figures

Currently not on view

Eight Reclining Figures,

1962

Henry Moore, 1898–1986; born Castleford, United Kingdom; died Perry Green, United Kingdom
x1983-215

Information

Title
Eight Reclining Figures
Dates

1962

Maker
Henry Moore
Medium
Pen and black ink, watercolor
Dimensions
29 x 23.5 cm. (11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Janko Rasic, Class of 1959 and Graduate School Class of 1961
Object Number
x1983-215
Signatures
Signed and dated in red ink, lower right: Moore 62
Culture
British
Type
studies (visual works), drawings
Materials
ink, paper (fiber product), watercolor
Subject
sculptures, figures (representations), colors

Purchased by Janko Rasic from Parke Bernet Galleries, NY

Park Bernet sale catalog provenance:Sovereign American Arts, London. Sold for $3000.

Studies for sculpture

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