Mary Moore, United Kindgom (the artist's daughter)
Waddington Galleries, London (acquired in 1985)
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London (acquired by 1988)
Vilgora Ltd, London
Private Collection (acquired from the above in June 1989)

New York, James Goodman Gallery, Henry Moore: Drawings and Watercolors 1949-1976, 1985
London, Bernard Jacobson Gallery, 1988, no. 2

Ann Garrould (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Drawings 1950-76, London, 2003, vol. IV, no. AG 73-79.9, illustrated p. 292

Executed on cream wove paper, not laid down, attached to the mount in all four corners, at the centre of the upper and lower edges and at one point to the right of the lower edge, floating in the mount. Apart from some minor nicks with associated discolouration running intermittently along the upper edge, probably due to previous binding and intrinsic to the nature of the support, this work is in very good condition. Colours: The blacks are stronger and the paper tone is brighter in the original.
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