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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

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$ 1 000 000
Auction dateClassic
16.05.2024 19:00UTC -04:00
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ID 1209460
Lot 47 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Moore, H.
Animal Form
travertine
Length: 47 5/8 in. (121 cm.)
Width: 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.)
Height: 27 ½ in. (69.8 cm.)
Conceived and carved in 1969




Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. William T. Ylvisaker, Chicago (acquired from the artist, 1969).
Gould Center Art Collection, Rolling Meadows, Illinois (acquired from the above, by 1983).
Private collection, New York (acquired from the above, 1987); sale, Christie's, New York, 9 May 2000, lot 522.
Acquired at the above sale by the late owners.



Literature

A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1964-73, London, 1977, vol. 4, p. 58, no. 616 (illustrated, p. 59 and pls. 162-163).
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, pp. 226 and 314, no. 492 (illustrated in color, p. 226).
W.J. Strachan, Henry Moore: Animals, London, 1983, pp. 20, 25 and 102 (illustrated in color, pl. XV).



Exhibited

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Henry Moore: 60 Years of His Art, May-September 1983, pp. 105 and 125 (illustrated, p. 105).
London, Royal Academy of Arts, Henry Moore, September-December 1988, pp. 116 and 264-265, no. 187 (illustrated in color, p. 116; illustrated again, p. 264).
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