ID 1425999
Lot 398 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Estimate value
$ 70 000 – 100 000
Reclining Mother and Child III
signed and numbered 'Moore 7/9' (on the back of the base)
bronze with dark brown and green patina
Length: 9 ¼ in. (23.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1979
Provenance
Jeffrey H. Loria & Co., Inc., New York.
Fujikawa Gallery, Tokyo (acquired from the above, December 1980).
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1981.
Literature
D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore: Sculpture, London, 1981, p. 298, no. 624 (another cast illustrated).
A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1974-1980, London, 1994, vol. 5, p. 50, no. 780 (another cast illustrated; another cast illustrated again, pl. 183).
Exhibited
Tokyo, Fujikawa Gallery; Fukuoka, Fujikawa Gallery and Osaka, Fujikawa Gallery, Masters of 20th Century Sculpture, June-July 1981, no. 18 (illustrated in color).
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art, Avant-garde |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art, Avant-garde |
| Genre: | Portrait |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Address of auction |
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