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Henry Moore (1898-1986)
Head of a Woman
soft-ground etching, 1981, on wove paper with Henry Moore watermark, signed in pencil, inscribed II/X For/Margaret Thatcher, aside from the standard edition of 50, published by Raymond Spencer Company Ltd. for The Henry Moore Foundation, Much Hadham, the sheet possibly trimmed, otherwise in good condition


Sheet 555 x 462 mm.


Literature
Cramer 603, Mitchinson p 358
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A gift of the artist, Moore was a favourite of Mrs Thatcher's and this print is photographed hanging above the mantel in Mrs Thatcher's private drawing room at No. 10 Downing St.
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