Henry Moore O.M., C.H. (British, 1898-1986), original grey l...

Hammer

£1,400

Henry Moore O.M., C.H. (British, 1898-1986), original grey linen covered portfolio containing two original prints signed and numbered by Henry Moore, comprising etching entitled 'Composition for a Poem by Herbert Read', on Auvergne paper, 535 x 387mm, and lithograph entitled 'Two Seated Women on Beach', on Rives paper, 500 x 650mm, both signed by Henry Moore and numbered 27 of 50 copies only, accompanied by the deluxe limited edition companion book 'Henry Moore: Prints and Portfolios', Introduction by David Mitchinson, Geneva, Patrick Cramer, 2010, deluxe edition, numbered 47 (of 50 copies only) to limitation page (p.406), 829 illustrations of works by Henry Moore in colour and black & white throughout, 407pp, large 4to, original grey linen covered boards lettered in silver, dust wrapper, orig. grey linen covered slipcase, orig. prospectus loosely inserted (numbered 27/50). The two signed original prints being Henry Moore's first etching ('Composition for a Poem by Herbert Read', c.1946, CGM 4), and his last lithograph ('Two Women Seated on Beach', 1984, CGM719). (2)