Henry Moore '48 "Seated woman knitting"
Mixed media work on paper. Size: 9"x 12". Ink, paint, wax. Provenance: Gift of H.Moore to Lawrence Shar. Privat collection. Purchease from the collector (who moved to England) by actual owner.
Gift by H.Moore to his art consultant Lawrence Shar, acquired from the obove by a collector Englishman who lived in New York, and before he moved back to England I bought this painting and 2 other signed H.Moore.
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Dear Claude,
Thank you for contacting Mearto with your appraisal inquiry. Based on the information and photographs provided, and subject to examination, this is:
Henry Spencer Moore (British, 1898 - 1986)
"Seated Woman Knitting" 1948
mixed media (ink, wax, paint) on paper
signed and dated lower left
9" by 12"
Provenance: gift from the artist to Lawrence Shar; then private English collection; thence by purchase.
$15,000-25,000
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