Studies for Head and Shoulders Sculpture, 1967/1968
Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching on Rives Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 37.7 cm. / 19.7 x 14.8 in.
Image size: 30.8 x 24.1 cm. / 12 x 9.5 in.
This original etching is hand signed by the artist in pencil "Moore” in the lower right margin.
It is also hand numbered in Roman numerals, in the lower left margin. This impression is one f ten artist’s proofs aside from the standard edition of 50.
It was printed by Imprimerie Lacourière, Paris in 1967 and published by Gérald Cramer, Geneva in 1968.
The paper bears the Rives watermark along the lower right margin.
Note: Other impressions of this subject can be found in the collections of Tate, London, The Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
Literature: Cramer, G., Grant, A., & Mitchinson, D. (1976) Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work 1973-1975. Geneva: Gérald Cramer Éditeur
Reference: Cramer 94
Condition: Very good condition. The sheet is slightly toned.