Three Figures, 1947 / 1989
Screen Print on Cotton
160 x 120 cm
62 x 45¾ in. (157.5 x 116.2 cm.)
62 x 45¾ in. (157.5 x 116.2 cm.)
Ed. of 65
Three Seated Figures and Head are two limited edition, large-scale screen prints designed by Henry Moore in 1943. They represent two of four large-scale screen prints that Moore created for...
Three Seated Figures and Head are two limited edition, large-scale screen prints designed by Henry Moore in 1943. They represent two of four large-scale screen prints that Moore created for the Ascher Panels project. These two prints represent some of Moore's earliest work in printmaking (prior to 1946 he had only created four prints). The four prints created in collaboration with Ascher are his only two-dimensional works to match the ambitious scale of his sculpture. While these works were proofed in 1947 under the direction of Moore they were not produced due to economic constraints. In 1989, at the age of seventy-nine, Zika Ascher completed the edition as the last major work of his career.
Provenance
Zika Ascher, London (acquired from the artist).Literature
This work is registered with the Henry Moore Foundation as TEX 28Publications
V. Mendes and F. Hinchcliffe, Ascher: Fabric, Art, Fashion, London, 1987, p. 39, fig. iThe Henry Moore Foundation, ed., Henry Moore Textiles, Hampshire, 2008, pp. 150 and 154 (other examples illustrated in colour, pp. 151 and 155).