ID 922577
Lot 40 | HENRY MOORE (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 350 000 – 450 000
Working Model for Thin Reclining Figure
signed and numbered 'Moore 8/9' (on the top of the base)
bronze with a dark brown patina
25 1/4 in. (64.1 cm.) long
Conceived in 1978.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist by David and Laura Finn in October 1979, and by descent.
Literature
D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore: Sculpture, London, 1981, p. 297, no. 620, another cast illustrated, as 'Thin Reclining Figure'.
Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings, Graphics 1921-1981, Madrid, Palacio de Velázquez, 1981, p. 297, no. 147, pl. 620, another cast illustrated.
A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore, Sculpture and Drawing: 1974-80, Vol. 5, London, 1983, no. 733, pp. 36-37, no. 733, pls. 136-7, another cast illustrated.
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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: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Artist: | Henry Moore (1898 - 1986) |
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Modern art |
| Place of origin: | Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
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