HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1982) - photo 1
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1982) - photo 2

HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1982)

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ID 1051489
Lot 156 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1982)
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1982)

Upright Motive: Maquette No. 1

bronze with a dark brown patina, on a stone base

12 in. (30.5 cm.) high, excluding base

Conceived in 1955 and cast in an edition of 10.





Provenance

with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, where purchased by the family of the previous owner, circa 1960.

Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 20 March 2018, lot 89, where purchased by the present owner.



Literature

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 80, no. 362.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, Florence, Forte di Belvedere, 1972, p. 218, no. 154, another cast illustrated.

W.S. Lieberman, Henry Moore: 60 Years of His Art, New York, 1983, p. 123, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore Complete Sculpture 1955-64, Vol. 3, London, 1986, pp. 20-21, no. 376, another cast illustrated.

A. Elliott and D. Mitchinson, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings and Graphics 1922 to 1984, New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, 1987, n.p., no. 56, another cast illustrated.

A.G. Wilkinson, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987, p. 158, no. 104, another cast illustrated.

D. Mitchinson, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore, Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, 1989, p. 175, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore al Castello Sforzesco, Milan, British Council, Castello Sforzesco, 1989, p. 130, no. 22, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Retrospektywa, Krakow, Galeria BWA, 1995, n.p., no. 76, another cast illustrated.

A. Bettagno, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculture, Disegni, Incisioni, Arazzi, Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, 1995, p. 152, no. 76, another cast illustrated.

J. Hedgecoe, A Monumental Vision: The Sculpture of Henry Moore, London, 1998, pp. 218-219, no. 347, another cast illustrated.

D. Mitchinson, Celebrating Moore: Works from the Collection of The Henry Moore Foundation, London, 1998, pp. 245-246, no. 174, another cast illustrated.

D. Kosinski, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, Dallas, Museum of Art, 2001, pp. 55-56, 206, 310, no. 67, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

Florence, Forte di Belvedere, Henry Moore, May - September 1972, no. 154, another cast exhibited.

New Delhi, British Council, National Gallery of Modern Art, Henry Moore: Sculptures, Drawings and Graphics 1922 to 1984, October - November 1987, no. 56, another cast exhibited.

Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario, Henry Moore Remembered: The Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, September 1987 - February 1988, no. 104, another cast exhibited.

Martigny, Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Henry Moore, May - November 1989, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.

Milan, British Council, Castello Sforzesco, Henry Moore al Castello Sforzesco, 1989 - 1990, no. 22, another cast exhibited.

Budapest, British Council, Museum of Fine Arts, Henry Moore, April - May 1993, no. 85, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bratislava, Galérie Mesta, June - August 1993; and Prague, Ceské Muzeum Véytvarnyéch Umeni, September - October 1993.

Krakow, Galeria BWA, Henry Moore: Retrospektywa, March - May 1995, no. 76, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Warsaw, Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art, May - July 1995.

Venice, Fondazione Giorgio Cini, Henry Moore: Sculture, Disegni, Incisioni, Arazzi, August - November 1995, no. 76, another cast exhibited.

Havana, British Council, Centro Wifredo Lam, Henry Moore: Hacia el Futuro, February 1997, no. 67, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to Bogotá, Museo Nacional de Colombia, April - July 1997; Buenos Aires, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, August - September 1997; Montevideo, Museo de Artes Visuales, October - November 1997; and Santiago de Chile, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, December 1997 - February 1998.

Dallas, Museum of Art, Henry Moore: Sculpting the 20th Century, February - May 2001, no. 67, another cast exhibited: this exhibition travelled to San Francisco, Fine Arts Museums, June - September 2001; and Washington D.C., National Gallery of Art, October 2001 - January 2002.
Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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