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HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Lot 67
28.02.2023 14:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 67 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 550 000 – 750 000
HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)

Seated Woman: Thin Neck

signed and numbered ‘Moore 6/7’ (on the left hip)

bronze with dark brown patina

Height: 64 1/2 in. (163.8 cm.)

Conceived in 1961; cast in bronze in 1964 in a numbered edition of seven plus one





Provenance

Nina & Gordon Bunshaft, New York, by 1965.

The Museum of Modern Art, New York (no. 642.94), a gift from the above in 1994; sale, Christie’s, New York, 1 November 2005, lot 64.

Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.



Literature

H. Read, Henry Moore, A study of his life and work, London, 1965, no. 233, pp. 243 & 280 (another cast illustrated p. 243; with incorrect edition size).

R. Melville, Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, nos. 631-632, p. 363 (another cast illustrated; with incorrect edition size).

S. Spender, ed., Henry Moore: Sculptures in Landscape, New York, 1978, no. 30, p. 119 (illustrated in situ pl. 30; with incorrect edition size).

E. Teague, Henry Moore: Bibliography and Reproductions Index, North Carolina, 1981, p. 148.

D. Mitchinson, ed., Henry Moore Sculpture, with Comments by the Artist, London, 1981, p. 313, no. 341 (another cast illustrated, p. 159; with incorrect edition size).

A. Bowness, ed., Henry Moore, Sculpture and drawings, vol. III, Sculpture 1955-64, London, 2005, no. 472, p. 46 (another cast illustrated p. 47; another cast illustrated again pls. 106 & 107; with incorrect edition size).



Exhibited

New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Selections from the Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest, August - October 1995 (incorrectly numbered '6/9').



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