Henry Moore (illustrated); Allais (Alphonse): ‘La Belle Inco...

Hammer

£300

Henry Moore (illustrated); Allais (Alphonse): ‘La Belle Inconnue’, Paris: [Fontenay-aux-Roses], Les Impenitents, 1968. Presentation copy signed & inscribed by Henry Moore to Walter Strachan at lower margin of engraved frontispiece by Moore “For Walter, from Henry. Much Hadham Nov. 23rd 1968.”, engraved frontispiece by Moore, illustrated with ten etchings by Michel Potier (one double-page), limited to 130 copies, this being one of only 30 personally dedicated hors-commerce, Exemplaire XX for Walter Strachan, additionally signed by Michel Potier in pencil to limitation page. 28.5cm, pp. [lxxvi], captioned & patterned card covers, housed loosely within paper-covered boards with slipcase. Provenance: By descent of Walter J. Strachan (1903-1994), poet, translator and champion of the arts. Strachan taught at Bishop's Stortford College and was the author of numerous works, including A Relationship with Henry Moore 1942-1976 [Elliott Group, 1988]; Towards Sculpture: Drawings and Maquettes from Rodin to Oldenburg [Thames & Hudson, 1976]; Apollinaire to Aragon: Thirty Modern French Poets [Methuen, 1948]. Much of his personal collection went to the Tate, the V&A and the Taylor Institution, as well as forming the basis of The Walter Strachan Collection, University of Manchester Library.