HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (BRITISH, 1898-1986)
Nude with Lifted Arms
signed and dated 'Moore/28' (lower left)
chalk, wash, pen & ink
43 x 24 cm. (17 x 9 1/2 in.)

Provenance
With Achim Moeller, London
Private Collection
Paul Nicholls Studio, Milan
With Sant'Ambrogio Art Gallery, Milan, 1973, where purchased by the family of the present owner
Private Collection, Italy
Their sale; Bonhams, London, 16 November 2011, lot 33, where purchased by the present owner

Literature
Ann Garrould, Henry Moore, Complete Drawings 1977-81, Volume 1, Henry Moore Foundation in association with Lund Humphries, London 1996, cat.no. AG 28.116, pp.194-195. (ill.b&w)

(In a letter from Paul Nicholls of Sant’Ambrogio Art Gallery to the previous owner he said that Henry Moore considered this work of a very fine quality. Executed in Paris the artist’s model injured her knee and wore a visible banding).