Lot 114
Standing Figures 1946
screenprint on silk twill, ed. R/P
hand signed and dated lower centre: Henry Moore 1946
editioned lower left
illegible inscription lower right
101 x 91cm (irregular, overall)
Estimate $1,500 - $2,000
Private collection, Melbourne
Zika Ascher, a Czech textile manufacturer who had fled the Nazis in 1939, commissioned Moore, among other well-known artists including Graham Sutherland, Picasso, Matisse, Derain to make designs for women's silk scarves, an indispensable fashion accessory. One of four Moore headscarf designs Ascher put into production was 'Three Standing Figures', the elongated shrouded shapes of which echo the carvings of that period. But the scale and technique are different. These figures were designed to be screen printed on to parachute nylon and worn by actual women as they walked along the street.
Another impression of this print is held in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.
© The Henry Moore Foundation www.henry-moore.org/DACS. Copyright Agency, 2023
Prints & Multiples
AUCTION
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