HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Lot 20
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Lot 20 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Reclining Figure No. 2

bronze with brown and green patina

Length: 36 in. (91.5 cm.)

Conceived and cast in 1953, in an edition of seven plus one artist's cast





Provenance

Joel & Celeste Starrels, Chicago.

The Art Institute of Chicago, a gift from the above in 1960; sale, Christie’s, New York, 6 November 2007, lot 3.

Private collection, Europe; sale, Christie’s, London, 23 June 2015, lot 17.

Acquavella Galleries Inc., New York.

Acquired from the above by the present owner.



Literature

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, nos. 470-472, p. 357 (another cast illustrated).

D. Mitchinson ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 226, pp. 115 & 311 (another cast illustrated p. 115).

A. Bowness ed., Henry Moore, vol. II, Complete Sculpture, 1949-1954, London, 1986, no. 329, p. 43 (other cast illustrated p. 43 & pls. 95 & 96).



Exhibited

Chicago, The Arts Club of Chicago, Henry Moore, December 1959 - January 1960, no. 21 (illustrated).

Chicago, University of Chicago, Chicago’s Homage to Henry Moore, December 1967, no. 44 (illustrated).
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