HENRY MOORE (1898-1986) - Lot 113

HENRY MOORE (1898-1986) "Study of a body, Description: Sheet size: 56 x 37.5 cm Signature: signed and dated "70", lower right of the etching Technique: drypoint Print run: 30 copies, justified X/XXX in pencil, bottom left of etching Condition: superb Born on July 30, 1898 in Castleford and died on August 31, 1986 in Much Hadham, was a British sculptor. Born into a mining family, he became famous for his large-scale abstract sculptures in bronze and carved marble. Henry Moore was inspired by both the classical sculpture of the great masters and the surrealism of the 1920s. He was fascinated by Mayan figures and the art of Mesoamerican cultures. He first encountered the Maya-Toltec figure Chac Mool at the Musée d'Ethnologie du Trocadéro in Paris in 1924', which was to become his most recurrent figure. The elongated figure played a crucial role in Moore's life and work.