499 - Henry Moore* (Castleford 1898 - 1986 Perry Green)

Henry Moore* (Castleford 1898 - 1986 Perry Green) Reclining Figure color lithography/paper 23,5 x 22 cm signed Moore, numbered 189/250 SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 400 - 600 STARTPREIS / STARTING PRICE € 400 Henry Spencer Moore was born on July 30, 1898, in Castleford, Yorkshire, the son of a coal miner. Following the First World War, he studied at the Leeds School of Art starting in 1919 and at the Royal College of Art in London from 1921. He taught sculpture there himself from 1924 to 1931, and subsequently at the Chelsea School of Art until 1939. Early on, he engaged with non-European art, prehistoric and ancient Mexican sculpture, and the works of Pablo Picasso, Hans Arp, and Alberto Giacometti. From the 1920s onwards, Moore developed his distinctive formal language, which bridges the gap between figuration and abstraction. Recurring motifs include the reclining figure, mother and child, and the interplay of internal and external forms. His sculptures—often featuring open spaces or voids—incorporate the surrounding space as an active element of the work; Moore viewed landscape and sculpture as closely interconnected. During the Second World War, he created his well-known drawings of people sheltering in London Underground stations during German air raids, as well as depictions of coal miners. Moore achieved international renown after 1945; in 1948, he won the First Prize for Sculpture at the first post-war Venice Biennale. From the 1950s onwards, he created numerous large-scale sculptures for public spaces around the world. In 1977, Moore established the Henry Moore Foundation in Perry Green to preserve his body of work and provide enduring support for the arts, particularly sculpture. He died on August 31, 1986, at his home in Perry Green, Hertfordshire. PLEASE NOTE: The purchase price consists of the highest bid plus the buyer's premium, sales tax and, if applicable, the fee of artists resale rights and platform fee. In the case of normal taxation (marked ° at the estimate), a premium of 24% is added to the highest bid. The mandatory sales tax is added to the sum of the highest bid, the buyer's premium and platform fee. This amounts to 13% for paintings, drawings, graphic works and sculptures and 20% for photographs and all other items. The buyer's premium amounts to 28% in case of differential taxation. The sales tax is included in the differential taxation.