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Henry Moore, Five Square Forms in a Setting, 1936, ink, wash, over preparatory drawing in black crayon, heightened with gouache© Kornfeld — view on Kornfeld website ↗

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Five Square Forms in a Setting

Henry Moore (British, 1898–1986) · 1936

CHF 27,000 hammer

≈ $29,649≈ £22,881≈ €25,056

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Medium
Gouache · Works on paper all gouache results →
As published: “ink, wash, over preparatory drawing in black crayon, heightened with gouache”
Category
Watercolors
Dimensions
38 x 55,3 cm, sheet size
Auction house
Kornfeld
Sale
Auction 272: Art of the 19th to 21st Centuries - Part 1 (272)
Date
September 18, 2020
Location
Bern, Switzerland
Lot
128
Estimate
CHF 30,000 – — (≈ $32,943) (≈ £25,423) (≈ €27,840)
Source
Auction house kornfeld.ch ↗
Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
Provenance (4)
  • Leicester Galleries, London
  • Private collection, Germany
  • Exhibition
  • London 1936, Leicester Galleries, Sculptures and Drawings by Henry Moore
Literature (2)
  • Catalogue raisonné: Ann Garrould, Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1930-1939, Volume 2, London/Much Hadham 1998, AG 36.20
  • Catalogue raisonné: The Henry Moore Foundation, Online Catalogue raisonné 1256

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