What we need from you
Complete our online enquiry form with as much information as possible about your artwork including:
- Name and location of the current owner
- History of ownership (provenance)
- Title of the work
- Medium
- Dimensions
- Images of the work including close-ups of any labels, marks or signature
- Any specific questions or concerns that you have
What happens next?
Our research team will cross-reference the information provided with published and unpublished resources including:
- The Henry Moore catalogue raisonné of sculpture, drawings and graphics
- Records of previously uncatalogued and unpublished works
- The Foundation’s digital database of Henry Moore artworks
- Our database of recorded fakes and misattributions
- Material from the Henry Moore Archive including sales and exhibition catalogues, correspondence and diaries
- Comparative works in the Henry Moore Foundation Collection or other collections where possible
Our response / what you receive
When we have completed our research we will send you our opinion via email. Our response will confirm:
- Whether the work is by Henry Moore
- Whether the information submitted ties in with our records
- Whether the work should be seen by the Henry Moore Foundation Review Panel
- How the work is catalogued – title, date, medium and catalogue reference number (for works by Moore)
- Any other specific information requested in the initial enquiry