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Henry Moore
Helmet Heads: Exterior Forms (Interior), 1950.
Mixed media. Gouache, watercolor, black chalk, ...
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 26,750 - 37,450
Helmet Heads: Exterior Forms (Interior). 1950.
Mixed media. Gouache, watercolor, black chalk, ink and pencil.
Lower right signed and dated, barely legibly inscribed "Interior & Exterior Forms (Interiors)" in top center. On creme wove paper. 29 x 23.2 cm (11.4 x 9.1 in), size of sheet.
With a few more ink pen drawings on the reverse. Page 111 from Henry Moore's sketchbook 1950-51. [CH]
More works from the Dr. Maier-Mohr Collection are offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, June 7, 2024, as well as in our Modern Art Day Sale on Saturday, June 8, 2024 (see catalog “Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr - A Private Collection”).
• Besides sculptures, drawings with a sculptural approach to the human form also occupy an important position in his oeuvre.
• By integrating a smaller form into a larger one, Moore's 'inner and outer forms' are related to elements of his mother-and-child motifs.
• Moore also found inspiration for the integration of smaller forms in prehistoric tools and sculptures from Papua New Guinea (among others at the British Museum, London).
The work is registered at the Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire, under the number HMF 2664a.
PROVENANCE: Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London.
Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr Collection (acquired from the above in 1985).
Ever since family-owned.
LITERATURE: Ann Garrould, Henry Moore. Complete Drawings, vol. 4 (1950-1976), London/Much Hadham 2003, no. AG 50-51.48 (illu. in black and white).
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Tobias Capwell, Hannah Higham (ed.), ex. cat. Henry Moore. The Helmet Heads, Wallace Collection, London 2019, p. 81 (illu. in black and white, no. 36).
"It is not possible to write about Henry Moore's drawings without also writing about his sculptures. His best drawings are studies for sculptural ideas."
Kenneth Clark, 1974, from: ex. cat. Henry Moore. Ursprung und Vollendung, Munich 1996, p. 70.
"There are three recurring themes in my work: 'mother and child', the 'reclining figure' and the 'inner and outer forms'. In some figures two or even all three themes find realization.“
Henry Moore, from: ex. cat. Henry Moore. Ursprung und Vollendung, Munich 1996, p. 12.
"The inside [is] actually a figure and the outer shell resembles an armor through which it could be protected in battle. I suppose I also had the thought of mother and child in mind and also of birth and the child as an embryo. This is all connected to thoughts of 'inside and outside'."
Henry Moore, in: Philip James (ed.), Über die Plastik. Ein Bildhauer sieht seine Kunst, Munich 1972, p. 275.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 13.34 h +/- 20 min.
Mixed media. Gouache, watercolor, black chalk, ink and pencil.
Lower right signed and dated, barely legibly inscribed "Interior & Exterior Forms (Interiors)" in top center. On creme wove paper. 29 x 23.2 cm (11.4 x 9.1 in), size of sheet.
With a few more ink pen drawings on the reverse. Page 111 from Henry Moore's sketchbook 1950-51. [CH]
More works from the Dr. Maier-Mohr Collection are offered in our Evening Sale on Friday, June 7, 2024, as well as in our Modern Art Day Sale on Saturday, June 8, 2024 (see catalog “Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr - A Private Collection”).
• Besides sculptures, drawings with a sculptural approach to the human form also occupy an important position in his oeuvre.
• By integrating a smaller form into a larger one, Moore's 'inner and outer forms' are related to elements of his mother-and-child motifs.
• Moore also found inspiration for the integration of smaller forms in prehistoric tools and sculptures from Papua New Guinea (among others at the British Museum, London).
The work is registered at the Henry Moore Foundation, Hertfordshire, under the number HMF 2664a.
PROVENANCE: Fischer Fine Art Ltd., London.
Dr. Theo Maier-Mohr Collection (acquired from the above in 1985).
Ever since family-owned.
LITERATURE: Ann Garrould, Henry Moore. Complete Drawings, vol. 4 (1950-1976), London/Much Hadham 2003, no. AG 50-51.48 (illu. in black and white).
- -
Tobias Capwell, Hannah Higham (ed.), ex. cat. Henry Moore. The Helmet Heads, Wallace Collection, London 2019, p. 81 (illu. in black and white, no. 36).
"It is not possible to write about Henry Moore's drawings without also writing about his sculptures. His best drawings are studies for sculptural ideas."
Kenneth Clark, 1974, from: ex. cat. Henry Moore. Ursprung und Vollendung, Munich 1996, p. 70.
"There are three recurring themes in my work: 'mother and child', the 'reclining figure' and the 'inner and outer forms'. In some figures two or even all three themes find realization.“
Henry Moore, from: ex. cat. Henry Moore. Ursprung und Vollendung, Munich 1996, p. 12.
"The inside [is] actually a figure and the outer shell resembles an armor through which it could be protected in battle. I suppose I also had the thought of mother and child in mind and also of birth and the child as an embryo. This is all connected to thoughts of 'inside and outside'."
Henry Moore, in: Philip James (ed.), Über die Plastik. Ein Bildhauer sieht seine Kunst, Munich 1972, p. 275.
Called up: June 7, 2024 - ca. 13.34 h +/- 20 min.
103
Henry Moore
Helmet Heads: Exterior Forms (Interior), 1950.
Mixed media. Gouache, watercolor, black chalk, ...
Estimate:
€ 25,000 - 35,000
$ 26,750 - 37,450
Buyer's premium, taxation and resale right compensation for Henry Moore "Helmet Heads: Exterior Forms (Interior)"
This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist‘s resale right compensation is due.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.
Differential taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 32 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 27 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 22 % and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The buyer's premium contains VAT, however, it is not shown.
Regular taxation:
Hammer price up to 800,000 €: herefrom 27 % premium.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 800,000 € is subject to a premium of 21% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 800,000 €.
The share of the hammer price exceeding 4,000,000 € is subject to a premium of 15% and is added to the premium of the share of the hammer price up to 4,000,000 €.
The statutory VAT of currently 19 % is levied to the sum of hammer price and premium. As an exception, the reduced VAT of 7 % is added for printed books.
We kindly ask you to notify us before invoicing if you wish to be subject to regular taxation.
Calculation of artist‘s resale right compensation:
For works by living artists, or by artists who died less than 70 years ago, a artist‘s resale right compensation is levied in accordance with Section 26 UrhG:
4 % of hammer price from 400.00 euros up to 50,000 euros,
another 3 % of the hammer price from 50,000.01 to 200,000 euros,
another 1 % for the part of the sales proceeds from 200,000.01 to 350,000 euros,
another 0.5 % for the part of the sale proceeds from 350,000.01 to 500,000 euros and
another 0.25 % of the hammer price over 500,000 euros.
The maximum total of the resale right fee is EUR 12,500.
The artist‘s resale right compensation is VAT-exempt.