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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

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Auction dateClassic
07.03.2024 17:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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United Kingdom, London
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ID 1163455
Lot 67 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Working Model for Two Piece Reclining Figure: Points

signed and numbered 'Moore 7⁄10' (on top of the base); stamped with foundry mark 'H. NOACK BERLIN' (on the edge of the base)

bronze with golden brown patina

Length: 47 5⁄8 in. (121 cm.)

Conceived in 1969-70 and cast by H. Noack, Berlin in 1969-72 in an edition of ten plus one artist's cast





Provenance

Acquired directly from the artist in the early 1970s, and thence by descent to the present owner.



Literature

Henry Moore, Carvings and Bronzes 1961-1970, exh cat., M. Knoedler & Co., Inc. & Marlborough Galleries, New York, 1970, no. 39, p. 82 (another cast illustrated pp. 82, 83 & on the back cover).

Small Bronzes and Drawings by Henry Moore, exh cat., Lefevre Gallery, London, 1972, no. 33, pp. 7 & 72 (another cast illustrated p. 73).

A. Bowness ed., Henry Moore, vol. 4, Complete Sculpture 1964-73, London, 1977, no. 605, p. 56 (another cast illustrated pp. 57 &134-135).

A. Wilkinson, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Toronto, 1987, no. 186, p. 237 (plaster version illustrated p. 237).

P. McCaughey, Henry Moore and the Heroic: A Centenary Tribute, exh cat., Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1999, no. 17 (another cast illustrated).
Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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