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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Lot 61
28.06.2022 14:00UTC +00:00
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ID 792270
Lot 61 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 250 000 – 350 000
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Reclining Figure

signed and numbered 'Moore 2 / 4' (on the back of the figure)

polished bronze

Length: 12 1⁄4 in. (31.1 cm.)

Conceived in 1938; this example cast in 1985





Provenance

Raymond Spencer Company Ltd., Much Hadham.

Acquired from the above on 31 December 1985 by the late owners, and thence by descent.



Literature

J.J. Sweeney, ed., Henry Moore, exh. cat., Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946, no. 42, p. 90 (the lead cast illustrated p. 49).

W. Grohmann, The Art of Henry Moore, London, 1960, no. 26, p. 6 (another cast illustrated n.p.).

D. Hall, Henry Moore: The Life and Work of Great Sculptor, London, 1966, pp. 88-89 (the lead cast illustrated).

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, no. 180, p. 71 (the lead cast illustrated pl. 77).

R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, no. 176, n.p. (the lead cast illustrated).

Exh. cat., Mostra di Henry Moore: Sculture e disegni, Fort Belvedere, Florence, 1972, no. 36, p. 60 (the lead cast illustrated p. 125).

Exh. cat., Henry Moore, Sculptures et dessins, Orangerie des Tuileries, Paris, 1977, no. 32, pp. 70 & 158-159 (the lead cast illustrated).

D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 125, p. 75 (the lead cast illustrated).

S. Compton, Henry Moore, exh. cat., Royal Academy of Arts, London, 1988, no. 36, pp. 81 & 187-188 (the lead cast illustrated pp. 81 & 187).

Exh. cat., Henry Moore al Castello Sforzesco, Castello Sforzesco, Milan, 1989, no. 4, n.p. (another cast illustrated).

D. Sylvester, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, vol. I, Sculpture 1921-48, London, 1990, no. 192, p. 12 (another cast illustrated p. 114).

A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Complete Sculpture, vol. VI, Sculpture 1980-86, London, 1999, no. 192a, p. 30 (another cast illustrated).

D. Kosinski, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, exh. cat., Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2001, no. 39, pp. 135, 290 & 309 (the lead cast illustrated pp. 135 & 290; another cast illustrated in situ p. 177).

Exh. cat., Henry Moore: Rétrospective, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul de Vence, 2002, no. 64, p. 245 (the lead cast illustrated p. 97).

Exh. cat., Moore at Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 2007, p. 20 (the lead cast illustrated pp. 20-21).

C. Stephens, ed., Henry Moore, exh. cat., Tate Britain, London, 2010, no. 83, pp. 156 & 212 (the lead cast illustrated p. 156).

Exh. cat., Moore at Hatfield, Hatfield House, Hatfield, 2011, p. 74 (another cast illustrated in situ).

O. Kornhoff, ed., Henry Moore: Vision. Creation. Obsession., exh. cat., Arp Museum, Remagen, 2017, no. 99, p. 183 (another cast illustrated p. 50).



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Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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