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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Lot 165
19.10.2023 13:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 165 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
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£ 15 000 – 25 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Seated Woman: Shell Skirt

signed and numbered 'Moore 3⁄12' (at the base)

bronze with a dark brown patina, on a marble base

6 in. (15.2 cm.) high, excluding base

Conceived in 1960 and cast by Hermann Noack, Berlin.





Provenance

A gift from the artist to Hans-Heinrich Herwarth von Bittenfeld, Bavaria, and by descent to the present owner.



Literature

H. Read, Henry Moore: A Study of His Life and Work, London, 1965, p. 238, pl. 228, another cast illustrated.

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 84, no. 444, pl. 56, another cast illustrated.

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings 1921-1969, London, 1970, p. 362, no. 593, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore: 85th Birthday Exhibition, London, Marlborough Fine Art, 1983, p. 74, no. 40, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture 1955-64, London, 1986, p. 28, no. 459, another cast illustrated.

Exhibition catalogue, Insights: Piepenbrock Private Collection, Berlin, Berlinsche Galerie Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, 2007, pp. 122-123, exhibition not numbered, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

London, Marlborough Fine Art, Henry Moore: 85th Birthday Exhibition, June - August 1983, no. 40, another cast exhibited.

Berlin, Berlinsche Galerie Landesmuseum für Moderne Kunst, Insights: Piepenbrock Private Collection, March - August 2007, exhibition not numbered, another cast exhibited.
Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
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