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HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)
Title: Hommage a Seghers Plate I, 1971
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Numbered Soft Ground Etching with Drypoint on Chine paper
Paper Size: 46.8 x 32.3 cm / 18.4 x 12.7 in
Image Size: 8.8 x 16.2 cm / 3.4 x 6.3 in
Additional Information: This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Moore" at the lower right margin.
It is also inscribed in pencil "E.A" (Epreuve d'Artiste/Artist Proof) and hand numbered "4/5" in pencil at the lower left margin.
It was printed by Atelier Lacouriere et Frélaut, Paris in a limited edition of 25 signed and numbered impressions. There were a further five artist proofs, which ours is one of them, all printed on Chine paper.
The work was published by Editions des Livres Pierre Lecuire, Paris. in 1973.
Literature: Cramer, Gerald, Grant, Alistar & Mitchinson, David, 1986. Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work, Volume I, 1980-1984. Geneva: Gerald Cramer.
Reference: Cramer 171
Condition: Very good condition. Two tape marks at the verso.
Notes: A futher 130 unsigned and unnumbered impressions were printed on Dordogne paper by Pierre Lecuire for the book Le Livre des Livres.
A signed and numbered impressions of this series can be found in the Tate collection.
Anna Seghers was a famous German writer who wrote about the moral experience of the Second World War. Her most famous book is The Outing of the Dead Girls (1946).
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