Henry Moore
Two Women Winding Wool , 1942 (Executed)
Lot #54 |
2026-03-04 |
Sotheby's, London
Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction
Category:
Works on Paper
Estimate:
GBP 300,000 - 500,000 (currency of sale)
USD 384,000 - 640,000 (approx.)
Price Sold:
Auction Details
Auction house: Sotheby's
Auction number: L26002
Auction name: Modern & Contemporary Evening Auction
Auction type: Fine Art
Location: London
Start date: 2026-03-04
Currency: GBP
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Lot Description
Details
Genre: 20th Century British Art
Department: Painting & Works on Paper
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Dimensions: 37 by 49.5 cm. 14Ā½ by 19Ā¾ in.
Item measurements:
Height In Centimeters:
37
Width In Centimeters:
49.5
Height In Inches:
14.566
Width In Inches:
19.685
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Year notes: Executed in 1942.
Provenance
Louis Stern, New York Kleeman Gallery, New York Purchased from the above in 1948 by Private Collection Private Collection (by descent) Acquired by the present owner, 2022
Exhibited
New York, Buchholz Gallery, Contemporary British Artists , 27 March - April 1945, no. 5 New York, MoMA., Henry Moore , 17 December 1946 - 16 March 1947, illustrated in the exh. cat. p. 71, with tour to Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, and San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco
Literature
Herbert Read (ed.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings; with an introduction by Herbert Read, London, Lund Humphries, 1944, no. 222b, illustrated Henry Moore, Portfolio , Washington D.C., 1945, illustrated in black and white Robert Melville, Henry Moore: sculpture and drawings 1921-1969, London, Thames and Hudson, 1970, no. 292 Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 3, 1940-49, London and Much Hadham, Henry Moore Foundation and Lund Humphries, 2001, HMF 2084, p. 169
Catalog summary
Henry Moore 1898 - 1986 Two Women Winding Wool signed Moore and dated 42 (lower right) watercolour, ink wash, charcoal, wax crayon, pen and ink, pencil and gouache on paper 37 by 49.5 cm. 14Ā½ by 19Ā¾ in. Executed in 1942. The present work is registered with the Henry Moore Foundation as HMF 2084. Provenance Louis Stern, New York Kleeman Gallery, New York Purchased from the above in 1948 by Private Collection Private Collection (by descent) Acquired by the present owner, 2022 Exhibited New York, Buchholz Gallery, Contemporary British Artists , 27 March - April 1945, no. 5 New York, MoMA., Henry Moore , 17 December 1946 - 16 March 1947, illustrated in the exh. cat. p. 71, with tour to Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, and San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco Literature Herbert Read (ed.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings; with an introduction by Herbert Read, London, Lund Humphries, 1944, no. 222b, illustrated Henry Moore, Portfolio , Washington D.C., 1945, illustrated in black and white Robert Melville, Henry Moore: sculpture and drawings 1921-1969, London, Thames and Hudson, 1970, no. 292 Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings, Volume 3, 1940-49, London and Much Hadham, Henry Moore Foundation and Lund Humphries, 2001, HMF 2084, p. 169