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MOORE HENRY MOORE Original Lithograph 80 th Birthday Moore

Currency:USD Category:Art Start Price:650.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 950.00 USD
MOORE HENRY MOORE Original Lithograph 80 th Birthday Moore
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HENRY MOORE 1898-1986
Castleford 1898-1986 Perry Green (British)

Title: Mother and Child with Wave Background I, 1976

Technique: Original Lithographin five colours on Vellum paper

Paper Size: 41 x 53.2 cm / 16.1 x 20.9 in

Image size: 17.5 x 26 cm / 6.5 x 10.2 in

Additional Information: This is an original lithograph by Henry Moore titled "Mother and Child with Wave Background I". It was printed in five colours: dark olive Green, olive Green, Grey, light Grey and pale Grey.
Our impression is a rare printer's proof that was printed aside the regular signed edition of 50 impressions that was part of the "80 Anniversary Portfolio" that was published for Moore 80th birthday in July 1978.
The lithograph was printed in 1976 by Curwen Prints, London and published in 1978 by Orde Levinson, London.
The paper bears the dry stamp of the printer "Curwen Chilford".
It is also stamped "Sample Copy" as this impression belonged to the archive of the printer themself.

Provenance: The Curwen Chilford Press.

Literature: Cramer, Gerald, Grant, Alistar & Mitchinson, David, 1986. Henry Moore: Catalogue of the Graphic Work, Volume III, 1976-1979. Geneva: Gerald Cramer.
Reference: Cramer 447.

Condition: Excellent condition. Two stamps at the verso written "Sample copy".