HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986) - photo 1
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HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Lot 23
20.03.2024 18:30UTC +00:00
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Starting price
£ 600 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 23 | HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)
Estimate value
£ 600 000 – 800 000
HENRY MOORE, O.M., C.H. (1898-1986)

Seated Figure

signed 'Moore' (at the base), numbered 'II' (on the underside)

bronze with a dark brown patina

17 1⁄8 in. (43.5 cm.) high

Conceived in 1949, this is the second cast from an edition of 5.





Provenance

Commissioned directly from the artist by The British Academy of Film and Television Arts, London.

Jeffrey H. Loria, New York.

Acquired from the above by the present owner in March 2002.



Literature

H. Read (intro.), Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings Since 1948, Vol. 2, London, 1955, pl. 3, another cast illustrated.

J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore, New York, 1968, p. 176, no. 2, another cast illustrated.

I. Jianou, Henry Moore, Paris, 1968, p. 76, no. 255.

R. Melville, Henry Moore: Sculpture and Drawings, 1921-1969, London, 1970, pp. 186, 354, no. 392, another cast illustrated.

A. Bowness (ed.), Henry Moore: Complete Sculpture, 1949-54, Vol. 2, London, 1986, pp. 26-27, no. 271, pl. 12, another cast illustrated.

D. Mitchinson (ed.), Henry Moore: Sculpture, London, 1981, pp. 104, 311, no. 197, another cast illustrated.

J. Hedgecoe, Henry Moore: A Monumental Vision, London, 1998, pp. 212-3, no. 258, another cast illustrated.

P. McCaughey, exhibition catalogue, Henry Moore and the Heroic: A Centenary Tribute, New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, 1999, n.p., no. 8, another cast illustrated.



Exhibited

New Haven, Yale Center for British Art, Henry Moore and the Heroic: A Centenary Tribute, January - March 1999, no. 8, another cast exhibited.
Artist:Henry Moore (1898 - 1986)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Modern art
Auction house category:Sculptures, Statues & Figures
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