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Auction result
Ideas for Sculpture
Henry Moore (British, 1898–1986) · 1980
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate $50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £37,968 – £53,155) (≈ €42,230 – €59,122)
Offered at Phillips and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Watercolor · Works on paper all watercolor results →As published: “pencil, wax crayon, watercolour, pastel wash and ballpoint pen on Bockingford white wove paper”
- Support
- Paper
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed and dated "Moore 80" lower left · Henry Moore signature
- Category
- Watercolors
- Dimensions
- 24.4 x 34.9 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
- Auction house
- Phillips
- Sale
- 20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session (NY010817)
- Date
- November 15, 2017
- Location
- New York
- Lot
- 198
- Estimate
- $50,000 – $70,000 (≈ £37,968 – £53,155) (≈ €42,230 – €59,122)
- Source
- Auction house phillips.com ↗Retrieved Sep 27, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice between 2017 and 2018 · sold 0 · bought in / unsold 2
Nov 15, 2017 · Phillips this result
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale - Morning Session, lot 198
Bought in / unsold · est. $50,000 – $70,000
As catalogued
Henry Moore, “Ideas for Sculpture”, 1980
pencil, wax crayon, watercolour, pastel wash and ballpoint pen on Bockingford white wove paper
24.4 x 34.9 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Jun 26, 2018 · Phillips
20th Century & Contemporary Art Day Sale, lot 107
Bought in / unsold · est. £20,000 – £30,000
As catalogued
Henry Moore, “Ideas for Sculpture”, 1980
pencil, wax crayon, watercolour, pastel wash and ballpoint pen on Bockingford white wove paper
24.4 x 34.9 cm (9 5/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 97%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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