Mervyn Levy, London (acquired directly from the artist)
Brooke Street Gallery, London
Helen Serger (La Boétie, Inc.), New York
Acquired from the above circa 1994-95

Ann Garrould, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1930-39, vol. 2, London, 1998, no. AG 34.39, illustrated p. 119

Executed on cream wove paper which has not been laid down. There are traces of tape at the center and at all four corners of the reverse of the sheet. There are pin holes at all four corners. There is light undulation to teh sheet in all four corners. There is light uniform time fading to the sheet commensurate with age. There is a light mat stain around the edge of the sheet. The pigments are strong. The work is in very good condition.
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The present work is one of the crucially important drawings made by Moore in 1934 at Kingston in Canterbury when he first began to conceive of sculpture as monumental art set freely in natural surroundings under the sky. This remained his ideal conception of sculpture for the remainder of his career. The work was later dedicated to the writer and critic Mervyn Levy in 1964, around the time when Moore was interviewed about his artistic process for Levy's article in Studio International.