ID 792599
Lot 502 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 80 000 – 120 000
Seated Figure on Circular Steps
bronze with dark brown patina
length: 10 1⁄4 in. (26 cm.)
Conceived in 1957 and cast in an edition of nine plus one artist's proof
Provenance
The Hanover Gallery, London.
Acquired from the above on 29 July 1958 by the present owners, and thence by descent.
Literature
I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, no. 416, p. 82.
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore Sculpture, London, 1981, no. 285, p. 140 (another cast illustrated).
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Sculpture and drawings, vol. III, Sculpture 1955-64, London, 1986, no. 437, pp. 36-37 (another cast illustrated pl. 70; plaster cast illustrated pl. 50b).
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| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
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