HENRY MOORE

(Castleford 1898–1986 Much Hadham)
Seated mother and child with two reclining figures. 1980.
Watercolour, gouache and charcoal on paper.
Signed and dated lower left: Moore 80.
19.5 × 17.8 cm.

Provenance:
- Raymond Spencer Company.
- Galerie Beyeler, Basel, 1982.
- Private collection Basel, probably acquired from the above gallery.
- Auction Beurret & Bailly, Basel, 19.5.2014, lot 264.
- Auction Beurret & Bailly & Widmer, Basel, 23.9.2020, lot 90.
- Swiss private collection, acquired at the above auction and by descent to the present owner.

Exhibited:
Basel 1982, Henry Moore, sculptures, drawings, the last 10 years, Galerie Beyeler, October–November 1982, no. 46 (label on the reverse).

Literature:
Ann Garrould: Henry Moore, Complete Drawings, 1977–81, London 2001, vol V, p. 108, no. AG 80.123 (with b/w ill.).