HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
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ID 1336231
Lot 8 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Estimate value
500000USD $ 500 000 – 700 000
Reclining Figure
lead
Length: 16 ¾ in. (42.6 cm.)
Conceived in 1931 and cast circa 1931; unique
Provenance
Frederick and Dorothy Zimmerman, New York (by 1960).
The Waddington Galleries, Ltd., London.
Acquired from the above by the late owner, 16 March 1976.
Literature
H. Read, intro., Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, London, 1944, p. 270, no. 100 (illustrated).
W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, p. 6 (illustrated, pl. 20).
H. Read, Henry Moore: A Study of his Life and Work, New York, 1967, p. 270, no. 63 (illustrated).
R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 341, no. 61 (illustrated).
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture: With Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, pp. 52 and 309, no. 67 (bronze cast illustrated in color, p. 52).
H. Moore and J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: My Ideas, Inspiration and Life as an Artist, San Francisco, 1986, pp.74-75 and 208 (bronze cast illustrated, pp. 74-75).
D. Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1921-1948, London, 1988, vol. 1, p. 7, no. 101 (illustrated, p. 76).
D. Mitchinson, Celebrating Moore, London, 1998, p. 126, no. 56 (bronze cast illustrated in color, p. 125).
J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: A Monumental Vision, Cologne, 2005, p. 200, no. 88 (bronze cast illustrated, p. 201).
Exhibited
London, New Burlington Galleries, The International Surrealist Exhibition, June-July 1936, p. 23, no. 230.
Paris, Musée de l'Orangerie, Henry Moore: Sculptures et dessins, May-August 1977, pp. 18-19, 69 and 152, no. 10 (illustrated, pp. 19, 69 and 152).
London, Hayward Gallery, Dada and Surrealism Reviewed, January-March 1978, p. 362, no. 14.27.
Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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Art style: | Modern art |
Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
Auction house category: | Paintings, Watercolors, Drawings, Paintings |
Address of auction |
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